Ariel Winter

My sister, Shanelle, is so supportive and loving. She's my best friend in the world.

I definitely want to continue being an actress. I love it. The reason I'm going to college is because I do want knowledge in another field. College isn't the college experience for me. I'm not going to be in a sorority. I'm not going to network. I'm not even really going to make my lifelong friends.

I love learning.

With what I've gone through, I think it's really important to become a voice for abuse victims who have no voice. I want to be able to make a difference.

I've had the career experience. I've had the experience of taking care of myself. I'm going to college because I genuinely want to learn.

Even though I wish I had a better childhood, I wouldn't trade it, because it made me who I am today. I still respect the people that hurt me.

I started in the industry when I was 4 years old, but I started in the spotlight when I was 11 years old, when I got 'Modern Family.'

Working with Sofia Vergara and growing up with her was great because she was, you know, a really amazing, curvy role model for me. She helped me learn to accept the way I looked and love it and dress for it and feel good about myself.

I have my routine of going to the gym, and I try my best to eat healthy and do what I do. I see my friends, hang out. I kind of just have a routine of a nice balance in my life of everything; I don't really think about protein shakes.

I'm that person who takes a makeup wipe at the end of the night to take all my makeup off. I don't sleep in makeup; I think it's so bad.

The Internet bullies are awful.

Mental illness doesn't need to be hidden or glorified. It should be normalized to where people feel comfortable sharing with their families and friends and know they're not alone. By opening up about my struggle, I'm hoping I can help someone who feels like they don't know what to do or when they can't accept their situation.

I've seen young actresses have major falls from their career, and that's just not what I want.

I'm very conscious about the way I treat people because I was never really taught to treat people in a respectful or kind way. I never really saw that role model, so for me, that made me just want to be the opposite of what I had and treat people the opposite of the way I saw other people treat other people.

If you're happy, if you're confident, that's all that matters.

Growing up in the spotlight was quite possibly the worst for my self-esteem. I had a hard time finding confidence within myself.

It was really helpful for me when I moved in with my sister, because she's the type of person that is confident in her body. I look up to her so much.

I think people make a lot of judgments about me based on what I wear and all the things that I do.

I'm pretty open. I like doing different things.

Having every little aspect of your life in the public eye is really hard because it leaves more room for criticism, and I just want to live.

I went through a lot of hate online, so I tried to change myself for a really long time. But people just kept hating on me no matter what I did. I decided that instead of pleasing these other people, I'll just spend that time pleasing myself.

With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.

My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'

I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.

I'm pretty smart with boys. I know how to handle them and I know what to do around them.