On wanting to be taken seriously as an actress: "I know that I can go into a room and convince someone that I can be a character. I'll cut my hair, I'll shave it, I'll dye it. I'd go there in order for people to let Selena go."
On letting her mom go as her manager: "I was like, 'Mom, I gotta figure it out on my own.' It was the kid-going-to-college moment in my mind."
On how she uses social media to her advantage: "I'm utilizing social media right now because of my age and because, to be honest, everybody else in the world was talking about me, so I wanted a f*cking say. I honestly had to, because I didn't really expect my life to be as public as it was. Is this going to destroy me or make me? I still have to make that choice on a daily basis. In a few years, I'll give all of it up."
