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LOS ANGELES, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Selena Gomez says Taylor Swift encourages her to strive for self-improvement. The 22-year-old actress shared her best friend's advice in an interview Friday on The Talk. Gomez has been friends with Swift for seven years, and said the 24-year-old singer is a great source of support and nonjudgmental advice.
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"She was actually at my house the other day," Gomez related. "She just kind of looked at me and was like, 'Selena, if you're the smartest person in the room, I think you're going to be in the wrong room.'"
"She thinks I should constantly surround myself with people who are going to make me better -- that are going to challenge and motivate me," she continued. "It kind of stuck to me. I want to surround myself with those people."
Gomez expressed her dedication to improving her acting skills earlier this month. Her latest film, Rudderless, sees her portray a character much different from her previous roles, and the actress told Us Weekly she was grateful for the challenge.
"I would rather be in a smaller part and learn from people like [co-stars William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman and Billy Crudup]," she asserted. "I'm extremely lucky. I love to push myself. I can't say I got this [role] because of who I am. I got this in spite of who I am."
