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Although she has a lot of respect for the Disney Channel girls that came before her, Zendaya does not want to be compared to them.




The star of Disney's "Shake It Up" recently opened up about how personalities from the channel constantly have a stigma hovering over them.




“A lot of people expect things from Disney Channel stars, being that they’re from a younger fan base,” said Zendaya. “[The issue] is adults being like, ‘Oh, I don’t like that!’ when they were doing that stuff [and] it just wasn’t televised or it just wasn’t displayed for the whole world. They just got to do it in their own personal life.”




Still, the starlet stresses that she is nothing like her fellow Disney comrades.




“Things that they’re doing are not what I’m gonna do because I’m not them. We’re completely different people,” said the 17-year-old. "You can’t really [say] ‘Oh because they did it, now [this one will].’ That doesn’t make any sense. ”




However, she explained that she has nothing against the way people choose to live there lives.




“I don’t want to ever bring anyone else down for any decisions they made when they grew up, because everyone’s growing process is different, everyone learns differently," she said, according to Gossip Cop .




Zendaya included that she has used the experience of others to learn.




“I think I learned a lot of positive things. I learned how you deal with problems, and how to handle yourself," she said. "“I admire some of them because they have had so much success at a young age, and they continue to handle themselves and persevere through any kind of problem that they have, which I think is most important