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" Zayn Malik might look tough on the outside, but on the inside he&amp;#039;s just a big old softie. It turns out that while the dark and dangerous pout looked cool as a cucumber on the outside, he used to really struggle with the fame that being in One Direction tends to bring. Chatting with Event magazine, Zayn confessed that he&amp;#039;s definitely not the same person he was at the start of his 1D journey: &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ve all changed. I definitely found it pretty hard to begin with. None of us really knew each other that well and none of us was really prepared.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;We were thrown in it together. We went through the same things. Our mums crying when we left home because they weren&amp;#039;t prepared either.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I found it pretty hard at first. I was always trying to be too cool, like you do in school.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;I found it really hard talking to people, answering questions .... Then you realize everyone is in the same boat. None of us knew what we were doing. You can&amp;#039;t take yourself too seriously, and you all start to relax into being who you are. I can&amp;#039;t imagine how hard it would be to do this on your own\u2014if you weren&amp;#039;t in a band.&amp;quot; Could he get any more adorable? Do you think Zayn has changed since the start of One Direction? Do his comments about getting used to fame make you a bigger Zayn fan? Tell us what you think below! Originally posted by Sugarscape.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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