16 Celebs on the Most Useful Advice They've Ever Gotten from Other Stars

01of 16Brie Larson on Jennifer LawrenceStefanie Keenan/Getty; Neilson Barnard/Getty"I was like, ‘I don’t feel any different [after winning an Oscar]. I don’t feel better about myself. I still don’t feel like I’m a good actress.’ She was like, ‘Oh, yeah. That’s totally normal. I’ve had the same thing. Don’t think of it like that. Think of it as, like, you got your Ph.D. You’re certified; that’s it. It doesn’t change anything. You can still f— up. Every judge is still human.'"— toInStyle

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Brie Larson on Jennifer Lawrence

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“I was like, ‘I don’t feel any different [after winning an Oscar]. I don’t feel better about myself. I still don’t feel like I’m a good actress.’ She was like, ‘Oh, yeah. That’s totally normal. I’ve had the same thing. Don’t think of it like that. Think of it as, like, you got your Ph.D. You’re certified; that’s it. It doesn’t change anything. You can still f— up. Every judge is still human.'”

— toInStyle

02of 16Lady Gaga onA Star Is BornCostar Bradley CooperGeorge Pimentel/Getty"I think what I learned from Bradley [is] it’s okay to be relentlessly sure of your vision, and to go after it with every fiber of your being, and to never stop white gloving what you’re making. Sometimes, as an artist, I second-guess myself when I go, ‘Am I pulling the thread? Am I unraveling the whole blanket now? Do I need to stop?’ It’s changed the way that I work today."— to Entertainment Weekly

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Lady Gaga onA Star Is BornCostar Bradley Cooper

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“I think what I learned from Bradley [is] it’s okay to be relentlessly sure of your vision, and to go after it with every fiber of your being, and to never stop white gloving what you’re making. Sometimes, as an artist, I second-guess myself when I go, ‘Am I pulling the thread? Am I unraveling the whole blanket now? Do I need to stop?’ It’s changed the way that I work today.”

— to Entertainment Weekly

03of 16Melissa Mccarthy on Jennifer CoolidgeNeilson Barnard/Getty; Lester Cohen/WireImage“I give pretty strong advice to costars, like, ‘Dig in deep and don’t sell yourself short.’ And, ‘Don’t confuse someone working for you with them doing you a favor.’ You show up and doyourjob; it should be the same with agents, managers, the tax guy. Jennifer Coolidge…taught me, ‘The second they stop working for you, fire them.’"— toGlamour

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Melissa Mccarthy on Jennifer Coolidge

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“I give pretty strong advice to costars, like, ‘Dig in deep and don’t sell yourself short.’ And, ‘Don’t confuse someone working for you with them doing you a favor.’ You show up and doyourjob; it should be the same with agents, managers, the tax guy. Jennifer Coolidge…taught me, ‘The second they stop working for you, fire them.’"

— toGlamour

04of 16Daisy Ridley on Carrie FisherRandy Holmes/ABC via Getty"You don’t want to give people the ability to say ‘I had sex with Princess Leia.’ “— to Vogue

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Daisy Ridley on Carrie Fisher

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“You don’t want to give people the ability to say ‘I had sex with Princess Leia.’ "

— to Vogue

05of 16Chrissy Metz onThis Is UsGuest Star Sylvester StalloneSylvester Stallone/Instagram"He gave me pearls of wisdom … I started with the show with 81 cents in my bank account, and obviously withRocky,he of course wrote and it was a whole tumultuous beginning and he had nothing, nobody was going to hire him — he was a professional extra. So I was like, ‘We both started from humble beginnings.’ And we bonded in that way, and then he said, ‘It’s so much about resilience and about having a thick skin, and about just kind of continuing and pursuing even if you don’t think you’re going to make it and just keep going.'"— onJimmy Kimmel Live

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Chrissy Metz onThis Is UsGuest Star Sylvester Stallone

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“He gave me pearls of wisdom … I started with the show with 81 cents in my bank account, and obviously withRocky,he of course wrote and it was a whole tumultuous beginning and he had nothing, nobody was going to hire him — he was a professional extra. So I was like, ‘We both started from humble beginnings.’ And we bonded in that way, and then he said, ‘It’s so much about resilience and about having a thick skin, and about just kind of continuing and pursuing even if you don’t think you’re going to make it and just keep going.'”

— onJimmy Kimmel Live

06of 16Tom Holland on Robert Downey Jr.Todd Williamson/Getty"As you can imagine I was pretty terrified [during the screen test] and [Downey] came up to me and said, ‘Look, I felt exactly the same as you did when I did my test forIron Manbut just relax, let your body take over and, and if it’s meant to be it’ll happen.'"— toE! News

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Tom Holland on Robert Downey Jr.

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“As you can imagine I was pretty terrified [during the screen test] and [Downey] came up to me and said, ‘Look, I felt exactly the same as you did when I did my test forIron Manbut just relax, let your body take over and, and if it’s meant to be it’ll happen.'”

— toE! News

07of 16Jack Lowden onDunkirkCostar Tom HardyJim Spellman/WireImage; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty”[Hardy] has a lot of time for young actors. I will be forever in debt to him for some of the advice he gave me. He’s a very smart man and he understands what it’s like when you’re starting out. ‘Make it just for you,’ he sort of said it just like that. And said to play the part like your life depends on it. I spent a whole week with him, he’s an absolute sweetheart."—to PEOPLE

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Jack Lowden onDunkirkCostar Tom Hardy

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“[Hardy] has a lot of time for young actors. I will be forever in debt to him for some of the advice he gave me. He’s a very smart man and he understands what it’s like when you’re starting out. ‘Make it just for you,’ he sort of said it just like that. And said to play the part like your life depends on it. I spent a whole week with him, he’s an absolute sweetheart.”

—to PEOPLE

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Selena Gomez on Taylor Swift

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—onThe Talk

09of 16Shailene Woodley on Jennifer LawrenceC Flanigan/FilmMagic; Pascal Le Segretain/Getty”[Lawrence] said, ‘You must do [theDivergentfranchise]. You will not regret it for a second. Yes, there are some hard things, but there are so many beautiful things that will come from an opportunity like this.'"—toThe Hollywood Reporter

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Shailene Woodley on Jennifer Lawrence

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“[Lawrence] said, ‘You must do [theDivergentfranchise]. You will not regret it for a second. Yes, there are some hard things, but there are so many beautiful things that will come from an opportunity like this.'”

—toThe Hollywood Reporter

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Brie Larson on Emma Stone

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—toEntertainment Tonight

11of 16Niall Horan on Justin BieberFrederick M. Brown/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty"Bieber told me that you never really know when you’re finished [with an album]. He thought he was done [withPurpose] and then got ‘Love Yourself’ at the last minute. I thought my album was finished, and then I went on a bit of a run ‘cause I was writin’ crap stuff up until then."—toBillboard

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Niall Horan on Justin Bieber

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“Bieber told me that you never really know when you’re finished [with an album]. He thought he was done [withPurpose] and then got ‘Love Yourself’ at the last minute. I thought my album was finished, and then I went on a bit of a run ‘cause I was writin’ crap stuff up until then.”

—toBillboard

12of 16Dove Cameron on Selena GomezJon Kopaloff/FilmMagic; Frederick M. Brown/Getty"I met with Selena pretty early on, I think I was like 16…We were going to meet for coffee, but she was just like, ‘just come over.’ So I went over to her house and for a couple of hours and we ended up just barefoot on the floor of her kitchen. It was a while ago… but she was like, ‘the most important thing is that you never deviate from your authenticity. You’re just open, you’re bare with your fans.’ I have fully taken that in stride and I think that’s a really universal thing that really holds up and I would give that advice to anyone."— to PEOPLE

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Dove Cameron on Selena Gomez

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“I met with Selena pretty early on, I think I was like 16…We were going to meet for coffee, but she was just like, ‘just come over.’ So I went over to her house and for a couple of hours and we ended up just barefoot on the floor of her kitchen. It was a while ago… but she was like, ‘the most important thing is that you never deviate from your authenticity. You’re just open, you’re bare with your fans.’ I have fully taken that in stride and I think that’s a really universal thing that really holds up and I would give that advice to anyone.”

— to PEOPLE

13of 16Ariel Winter onModern FamilyCostar Sofia VergaraAriel Winter/ Instagram"I had a great role model in Sofia growing up, with her being a curvy woman that was super proud of who she was and what she looked like. She could see that I was struggling a little bit with how to deal with my body, and was always trying to give me advice, like, ‘Here are some brands that would look good on our body type,’ or ‘Wear whatever you want, and feel good about yourself.'"—toSelf

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Ariel Winter onModern FamilyCostar Sofia Vergara

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“I had a great role model in Sofia growing up, with her being a curvy woman that was super proud of who she was and what she looked like. She could see that I was struggling a little bit with how to deal with my body, and was always trying to give me advice, like, ‘Here are some brands that would look good on our body type,’ or ‘Wear whatever you want, and feel good about yourself.'”

—toSelf

14of 16Hailee Steinfeld on Taylor SwiftKevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia"One of the first things she told me was, ‘You’re going to have to make a lot of decisions — make sure it’s you that’s making them.’ And at that time, I was obviously very thankful for that and I nodded my head yes and we went on to our next conversation. It wasn’t until I had to start making decisions that I realized how many people are involved and how important it is that my decisions are being made. And I always think back to when she told me that. I mean, she’s made afewright decisions."—toVogue

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Hailee Steinfeld on Taylor Swift

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“One of the first things she told me was, ‘You’re going to have to make a lot of decisions — make sure it’s you that’s making them.’ And at that time, I was obviously very thankful for that and I nodded my head yes and we went on to our next conversation. It wasn’t until I had to start making decisions that I realized how many people are involved and how important it is that my decisions are being made. And I always think back to when she told me that. I mean, she’s made afewright decisions.”

—toVogue

15of 16Cara Delevingne on RihannaDavid M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage"I was just on holiday for three days in Greece with my sister, and I thought that would make me happy and relaxed. But when I stop everything, it’s really bad. I go crazy. In Greece, it was a lot of couples, and I felt alone, which made me sad. I called Rihanna. She said ‘It’s easy to drown yourself in work. That’s a form of escapism. So, if you’re alone and you want to cry, cry.’ And I did."— toWmagazine

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Cara Delevingne on Rihanna

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“I was just on holiday for three days in Greece with my sister, and I thought that would make me happy and relaxed. But when I stop everything, it’s really bad. I go crazy. In Greece, it was a lot of couples, and I felt alone, which made me sad. I called Rihanna. She said ‘It’s easy to drown yourself in work. That’s a form of escapism. So, if you’re alone and you want to cry, cry.’ And I did.”

— toWmagazine

16of 16Natalie Portman on Cate BlanchettAlberto E. Rodriguez/Getty; Neilson Barnard/Getty"Cate Blanchett is an amazing person. Very early on, I asked her about being a parent. I said ‘How do you do it? You’re a mom. You’re the best at what you do.’ She said, ‘You just do. Stressing about it doesn’t help.'"—toHarper’s Bazaar

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Natalie Portman on Cate Blanchett

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“Cate Blanchett is an amazing person. Very early on, I asked her about being a parent. I said ‘How do you do it? You’re a mom. You’re the best at what you do.’ She said, ‘You just do. Stressing about it doesn’t help.'”

—toHarper’s Bazaar

source: people.com