Top 96 Quotes & Sayings by Julianne Hough

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Julianne Hough.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Julianne Hough

Julianne Alexandra Hough is an American dancer, actress, and singer. In 2007, she joined the cast of ABC's Dancing with the Stars as a professional dancer, winning two seasons with her celebrity partners. After leaving the show in 2009, she returned in 2014 to serve as a permanent judge on Dancing with the Stars, a position she held until 2017. For her work on the series, she has received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Choreography, winning once in 2015 with her brother Derek Hough.

You have to remember where you came from, and I definitely have enough brothers and sisters to kick me in the butt whenever I get out of line!
I cannot go to sleep without reading.
I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal. — © Julianne Hough
I'm real, and that what you see is what you get with me. I want people to know that I'm just Julianne. I'm not somebody that needs to be put up on a pedestal.
I'm so lucky that I have a great relationship.
I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.
I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.
I've always wanted to sing country music.
I knew if I stayed in London my whole life would be dancing. I'd won almost every major title you can. I thought 'This really isn't my passion. I really want to sing,' and I knew I wouldn't be able to if I stayed there.
I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.
I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.
It's the oddest match: Mary J. Blige and Julianne Hough! But we became so close.
I try to bring my mascara everywhere because I'm a blonde and you know blondes have really light eyelashes, you always wanna put more and more on 'til they look like spiders, that's just what I do.
I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses. — © Julianne Hough
I'd get invited to parties, and instead it would be these abandoned houses.
Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.
I'm a chatterbox.
There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.
I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted.
It's very cool to be able to say that my first real film was 'Footloose' and my second film I got to star alongside Tom Cruise and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
I totally think there was a country hair phase. If you look at all the mullets, and Dolly Parton, and Reba's hair, Tim McGraw's hair, Blake Shelton's hair, they definitely had their moments.
If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.
I think it's important to be happy before you can make anybody else happy.
I had a hard time with bullying. I ate lunch in the bathroom.
There was a time when my mum would sew costumes for the dance studio so we could keep doing our classes because we couldn't afford them.
Sometimes if I have a big enough purse I'll bring my perfume or something. Right now I really like Beaute, it's by Johan B. and it's really nice, so I like that.
I'm just taking it one day at a time. Actually, that's a total lie. I always think about what's in front of me.
Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.
My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.'
Okay, I'll say I would go back in time and bring scientists with me and create a hairspray that would not cause global warming. But it would still give us '80s hair.
Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.
Well, I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain 'Come on Over' CD and that's about it.
I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.
Adrenaline is the reason I do what I do.
I think every girl needs to love herself, regardless of anything. Like if you're having a bad day, if you don't like your hair, if you don't have the best family situation, whatever, you have to love yourself and you can't do anything until you love yourself first.
But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.
A lot of people don't know this, but when 'Dancing with the Stars' first asked me to be on the show, I said no, because I wanted to act and to be taken seriously.
I've always had God, but now I want to go back to church for the sense of community and that feeling of positive thinking, a place where I can think about being a better person.
My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.
I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith. — © Julianne Hough
I definitely listened to country music. I don't think I listened to hair bands as much as I did Bruce Springsteen and U2 and Aerosmith.
One of my mantras is if I'm scared to do something, that means that I have to do it.
I'd feel a little bit dead inside, if I didn't have dancing. It's such a way of expression and exercise and life and love. You laugh, when you're being corny and dorky-dancing. It's everything.
Even some rock star girls, which I didn't really know her name. I will probably find out and probably get slaughtered for not knowing her name, but she brought some of her clothes that she used to wear on stage. I wore one of the corsets and stuff. I don't know why I'm blanking. It was not Pat Benatar. It's like Debbie Gibson, Pat Benatar, Joan Jett, I know those girls.
Friends are the best therapy.
'Grease' is one of the movies that made me want to be an entertainer, and I have literally been waiting my whole life to play Sandy.
I think growing up it was never an issue for me to think about working out or having a healthy lifestyle because I danced so much. Then when I stopped dancing and I got into regular life mode, I didn't realize how much diet and nutrition and being active was so important. Not only for my physical state, but for my mental state, too. I think that's just as important as working out for your physical state.
Keep believing in yourself, and don't ever give up, even if people tell you otherwise. Just believe in yourself and take every action you need to get there, whether it's taking more lessons or a fun, cool job in New York or LA and stepping out of the box. Be a little bit risky, but still confident.
I'm very blessed and I don't take anything for granted. I think if you alienate people and just focus on your work then it just becomes lonely and it's not fun anymore.
I think there are always gonna be challenges and people throwing themselves at you in a nondiscreet way. But it's just so public now that you have to be careful saying hi or giving somebody a hug, because then somebody will turn it into something else.
Everybody loves music and it's fun - you feel like you're not working out. It makes the time go by quick and you're having fun and, especially if you take a class, there's the energy of other people and you're laughing.
I always feel so proud of the things that I was most scared to do, and they usually end up being the right decision. It becomes magic. It's scary, but I always say, when you're scared to do something, you should probably do it.
When you dance on your own there is something so magical and so special. — © Julianne Hough
When you dance on your own there is something so magical and so special.
Even if you're a guy and you don't believe in dancing, you should try dance cardio. It's really fun!
Dancing is so great because there are all the little details, and the little movements, and the little muscles that are working without you even realizing.
I'm a huge fan of dance cardio because it goes by really quick.
It's scary to take risks and it's scary to get out of your comfort zone, but it's also the most rewarding when you do.
I was in the generation of CDs, so when I moved to L.A., I think I probably brought my Shania Twain Come on Over CD. But if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.
When my mind is clear, I feel like I can give more of myself to those around me and hopefully bring light and joy and an infectious kind of energy to inspire them to do whatever they want to do. That's really the key behind it all.
What I really like to do, especially because we're all busy so sometimes you forget to do something, I always keep wrist weights with me. If I just put them on throughout the day, then I'll just be doing stuff and it's kind of just toning without me doing anything. Sometimes that's just my little trick. I have ankle weights and wrist weights and I just keep them with me at all times.
I’m actually pretty good at stripping, which makes me wonder what happened in my previous life. Funny enough, I don’t wear a lot of clothes when I dance and it’s very sexy, so it wasn’t too hard to get into the motion of it.
What I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies. In pop music, it's all about the techno beat to dance to in the club and the repetitiveness, whereas in rock music there is literally, like, balls-to-the-wall singing and playing. I love it.
I'm a huge fan of just keeping a healthy lifestyle. For your body but for your mind, also.
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