I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it.

I really do feel like I'm in a generation where women are empowering and supporting each other. It's so amazing to feel a part of that.

My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dollsone of those.

I love it when someone that inspires me is not only good because of what they inspire me for, but also because they're just an amazing person.

The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right.

The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!

Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures.

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.

My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.

It is what it is. Isn't that how these things always go? They are what they are. We just get to cope.

As well as writing, 2004 saw my first attempt at wine making: the elixir of life. Unfortunately, my effort tasted more like the elixir of death.

If your body is telling you to slow down, listen to it. If your body is saying you should keep going... then keep going.

I walked across a bridge that doesn't exist. And after that, being scared just didn't seem so important anymore.

The mainstream is always under attack.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power.

I think it's important to live life with a knowledge of its mystery, and of your own mystery.

When we are totally faithful to our own individuality, we are actually following a very intricate design. This kind of freedom is the opposite of "just anything".

I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other people wouldn't let him.

Open the doors to all. Let the children of the rich and the poor take their seats together and know of no distinction save that of industry, good conduct, and intellect.