I cannot go to sleep without reading.

- Julianne Hough

There is something so rewarding about dancing. It's almost spiritual - you let loose, you feel free, you get endorphins from the exercise.

- Julianne Hough

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.

- Julianne Hough

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.

- Julianne Hough

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.

- Julianne Hough

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.

- 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.

- Julianne Hough

I've grown up with country music. I love how real everybody is, not just the artists, but the fans.

- Julianne Hough

But trust me, if I lived in the '80s, I would definitely be the one going to the record stores.

- Julianne Hough

Dancing and acting satisfy me in different ways.

- Julianne Hough

My go-to prebikini flat-ab move is the plank, all different types.

- Julianne Hough

I'm a chatterbox.

- Julianne Hough

I've always wanted to be like the Hollywood Golden Age actors.

- Julianne Hough

I've experienced a lot for someone my age that a lot of people will be able to relate to.

- Julianne Hough

If I had been living through the '80s, I probably would've gotten into a lot more trouble than my parents.

- Julianne Hough

My first dance ever on 'Dancing With the Stars' was to 'Let's Hear it for the Boy.'

- Julianne Hough

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.

- Julianne Hough

Well, what I love about '80s rock music is the amazing, fantastic melodies.

- Julianne Hough

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.

- Julianne Hough

Acting is like free therapy! Trying to make people laugh or cry can be inspiring.

- Julianne Hough