Interview Quotes

The Creative Process and Authenticity

"I don't want to work with anyone who doesn't want to work with me. I think I just found my group, and I think I'm getting better and better, but I only know that that means it's because of the people I'm surrounded by. That inspired me, that challenged me."

— Selena Gomez • 00:06:55

"I didn't have anyone listen. It needed to be something that I liked."

— Selena Gomez • 00:10:49

"It's safe to say that I was sad. It's like, whatever. But I think to me, it's such a distant thought. I'm not in that place anymore. And I think maybe before I used to lie and say that so that people would get it, but I kind of show everything that I'm feeling in my face."

— Selena Gomez • 00:12:02

Mental Health and Social Media

"I don't know why that perhaps doesn't shake people up a bit to where maybe there should be more of that accessible. I agree. I'm glad that we are having the conversation but it does. It saved my life. 1,000% I needed to know."

— Selena Gomez • 00:44:17

"I didn't have social media for two years. I was driving myself crazy. First off, there was a million things that I didn't want to see... Then I'm comparing. Then I'm looking at these people and I'm like, how do they, it just, it's all the things that people say, right? It's nothing new. It's that you usually sometimes feel like shit."

— Selena Gomez • 00:27:07

The Meaning of 'Rare'

"That actually is a word that sums up what the purpose of my position is, which is letting people know that they are completely unique within who they are... It's even acknowledging I don't have it all, but I do know that I'm worth something."

— Selena Gomez • 00:30:17

Relationships and Boundaries

"I think that's why I tend to, one of the many reasons why I tend to just always go with Ian, Julia, and Justin. Trust. Loyalty, trust, understanding. Don't give a shit about the industry and believe in the art and believe in music and believe in what I'm saying."

— Selena Gomez • 00:15:37

"There's almost this point where it's like, oh, we're making it known that we're together or whatever, you know, whatever it is. It's like, you just need to decide within our world if it's for you or is it for show."

— Selena Gomez • 00:34:52

Professional Growth and Evolution

"When you're coming from a machine like that, you end up losing a bit of that vulnerability because you are meant to carry something... And so I had dealt with that for so long that I had been conditioned. And when I chose to do Spring Breakers, that was a huge moment... It slowly happened where I didn't want to have to be okay. I needed to say something."

— Selena Gomez • 01:04:47