My mom didn't ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

It's never really fun to have to cry in a scene or anything like that.

Never let anyone try and make you into something that you're not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.

I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

I've always been a huge fan of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies.

I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.

I like to have sleepovers.

What's my favourite food? One you order out.

A lot of the time I'm working with people who are older than me.

I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.

I want to do wardrobe. I want to do hair. I want to do makeup. I want to do writing. I want to do directing. I want to do all of it. I like it. And I want to do producing.

I'm not a fool, I knew from the beginningwhat couldn't happen. What couldn't

The problem is not that we don’t recognize the truth when we hear it. The problem is that we don’t want to recognize what the truth might mean for us if we hear it.

There's so much in the 21st century that is stymied by bureaucracy and mediocrity and committee.

The city is not a concrete jungle, it is a human zoo.

You can't enjoy art or books in a hurry.

A town is saved, not more by the righteous men in it, than by the woods and swamps that surround it.

Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.

For this relay there was a little more pressure because it's the 200, you have to make sure you swim it smart. The 100 was more about energy.

It's nice to collect stamps, but if it becomes obsessive, and you start stealing for your stamps, it becomes too much.

Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons.