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 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.

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’s a matter of when I’ll stop fighting. — Duke

Offstage, I couldn't put things into words, and that was the one thing I'd always been able to rely on. Putting my feelings into words and praying they wouldn't be able to get out again.

blue eyes so light that it looked like she sent them out to be bleached

To pursue yourself is an interesting and absorbing thing to do. Once you have caught the scent of a hidden being your own hidden being you won't readily be deflected from the tracking down of it.

I grew up playing sports, football, basketball, baseball, everything, and acting was such a different environment and different world for me.

Certain rhythms just have certain moods.

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.

No small dabs of colour - you want plenty of paint to paint with.

For the first time, I was the center of attention. Everyone watched me as if I were a bomb. Would I explode and cause a disaster or would I pop and cause a miracle?

Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.