Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

It's hard to do a reality show when there's so much crying and drama.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I would love to be an amazing singer. I take voice lessons. It's good to have as a dancer - to be able to sing and act, too, because for a Broadway show or musical, you have to be able to do everything.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I love doing hair and makeup and making 'Video Star' videos with my friend, Kendall. I also love to draw. But my life is dance, dance and more dance. I wouldn't want it any other way.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

For filming, we have to wear a lot more makeup than we usually would. At night, I have to go home and take off all the makeup and take my hair out from my bun and just get out of the dancewear and everything.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny. But I don't want to be too skinny. I think that looks a little gross when you are dancing. You don't want to be a scrawny, bony thing.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I dance. I don't really do anything else.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I like Sam Smith and Taylor Swift. I love pop music, but I also like Sam Smith's slow songs. That would be more to dance to. I think dancers like different genres of music, compared to just a regular person.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I don't work with Sia every day; it depends what we do, whether we do performances or music videos, so the schedule is weird, but when we're off, we always try to see each other in between. We just hang out; we went to brunch one time, but for the most part I go to her house, and we eat and watch TV.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

All I do is watch dance videos. I love Ricky Ubeda, who is a contemporary dancer, and I also love Madison Cubbage. They inspire me to work harder every day.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I never thought that I'd be dancing with Shia LaBeouf. When I heard he was going to be my partner, I was like, 'Does he even dance?' He doesn't, really, but he's such a sweet person.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I really want to keep modelling, but it's not my number one goal in life. But it's so fun. I love doing it; it's just that - it's not like I just want to be a model when I'm older.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I think it's funny when people, they try to imitate the 'Chandelier' video. I think it's hilarious.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I started with ballet, and once I started to really like it, I got into more - I did jazz and tap, and then kept going.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I met Drew Barrymore, and she was so cool. She told me, 'I know I just had my baby three weeks ago, and that's why I'm emotional, but I cried when you performed.' And then she pulled out a tissue and said, 'Look, I was sobbing.'

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I never knew that I would be performing on talk shows with Sia.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

I've been dancing since the age of two. I don't really remember it, because I was little, but my mom signed me up and would put me in cute costumes. A lot of little girls get into dancing, but I loved it so much that I kept doing it.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

Every time I do a talk show or something, I'll be like, 'I'm doing 'Chandelier,' right?' and they're like, 'No, you're doing a skit and three dances.' It's different every time. I never really know what I'm doing until the day before.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

When I'm not dancing, I usually just like to keep it comfy. Even if I'm just going to dinner, I'll wear jeans or something, but if I'm not dancing, I usually just have a comfy outfit on.

Maddie Ziegler
Maddie Ziegler

With 'Dance Moms' in L.A., we film on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. When we film in Pittsburgh, we film the same days, but we still dance in our studio when we're not filming, so I'm dancing every day except Sunday.