I never dreamed of being an actor, but I'm beginning to love it more and more because I like challenging myself. When I feel like I'm not learning or having fun anymore, then I'll stop.

I love having messy hair. I put in a lot of effort to have it look as messy as possible.

I get uncomfortable in large groups of people and loud music.

It's not that easy to find someone I can relate too. I'm tough to crack because I'm shy.

I did gymnastics when I was growing up and to this day I can still do the splits.

Life is about change, sometimes it's painful, sometimes it's beautiful, but most of the time it's both.

When you have worked this hard to get this far, don't let up because you finally got here. Finish with your heart and fulfill this moment the way you have dreamt of it for so long.

How we become moral and understand good and bad, and how we overcome our impulse towards violence, is all really important to me, as a person.

When I was in elementary school, I used to write letters to myself. I'd write letters and go 'Dear Kristen-at-16-years-old, happy birthday. I hope you're doing something.'

Just because I don't do bad things doesn't mean I don't have bad thoughts.

I love physical movement. Dance was my favorite thing, and I was a gymnast. I find that expression through movement is easier, in some ways, than expression through words.

Love as if you were born to just love and have nothing else to do in this universe.

My favorite cure for boredom is sleep. It's very easy to get to sleep when bored and very hard to get bored after a long rest.

I am growing old of course, but I am still in the early stages of disintegration, and regarded as just about cool enough by some fashionable young ppl to be permitted to think aloud.

I think boarding school does give you an independence.

If you're not religious, then look at it this way. This world of ours is four thousand, six hundred million years old. It could end in an afternoon.

Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

There are no magics or elves / Or timely godmothers to guide us. We are lost, must / Wizard a track through our own screaming weed.

Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes.

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

Stark times remind our souls that things do not matter...people do.