I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.

I chose to go to law school because I thought that someday, somehow I'd make a difference.

My father was a very unhappy person, very sarcastic, and my mother was very nervous and worried about what people thought. They weren't monsters, but it wasn't a good childhood.

I got this call that they wanted me to join this cast. They called it a family show, and it thought that it would be similar to all family shows. I wasn't sure about this until I watched some tapes, and was amazed.

Cloning, wow. Who would have thought? There should be a list of people who can and cannot clone themselves.

When I was a kid a growing up in Ontario, Canada, Lake Erie was so polluted, I never thought it would ever, EVER be turned around where they could start cleaning it out in my lifetime!

Specifically, we talked about making the character of the prince not so charming, at least in the beginning, and I'm playing around with the preconceptions attached to a character. That's really what intrigued me as well because I thought it would be fun to do it.

I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect.

I learned running the government for the Presidency, which I always thought was difficult, is even more difficult than I thought.

My favourite event was the 200m, so as I won the 100m, I thought it was possible I'd win the 200m.

I've thought about doing other dramatic roles besides westerns, but I grew up in the West and I know the West.

I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice.

I never felt I would get to the stage where I would to have to actively think about retiring from international football as I always thought it would pass me by.

I was brought up on art. My father thought I had a great hand at art and sent me to art school. But he did not want me to become a photographer.

Some people say to me, Isn't it too bad that people discovered you so late? I never thought that.