I feel like social media is a great thing. I try not to go on it too much.

I think that the main thing that you can learn from watching 'The Spectacular Now' is just learning about growing up and moving on.

Mostly I've just worked with actors and actresses that are fun and easy to talk to and had nothing but great experiences.

In The Greens Are Gone, I play a character that's bipolar, so that was a big step and quite a challenge.

I'm not really a Method actor. I'm always afraid of working with someone who's afraid to [break character] and won't talk to anyone because they're in character.

I'm about to graduate senior year and I don't know what I'm going to do. I don't want to lose the momentum with what I'm doing now as an actress.

I think social media is a great place to share ideas and to connect with other people.

Usually I don't get specific advice from certain actors or actresses I work with.

Jealousy is a detestable motive.

Know what you want to do, hold the thought firmly, and do every day what should be done, and every sunset will see you that much nearer the goal.

Smiling through confusion is courage.Smiling through tears is strength.Smiling through pain is power.Smiling through tragedy is greatness.

To some of those girls, school will be the highlight of their lives. People like you…people who are beautiful inside and out…those are the ones who will shine in whatever they decide to do. [Alec]

God was inviting me to go on Hajj, but before that I needed to settle my debts. Muslims may only embark on their pilgrimage if they are debt-free or at least have made an arrangement for repayment.

Ten-year-old boys move differently than middle-aged women, who move differently than athletic guys, who move differently than government bureaucrats.

I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.

ideas are dangerous commodities.

Good actors can sort of see into people and immediately you have a chemistry with them or not. It's like an affair with no mess.

I felt something impossible for me to explain in words. Then, when they took her away, it hit me. I got scared all over again and began to feel giddy. Then it came to me... I was a father.