I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
As much as movies are about the words that you're saying, they're also about what's not said, the silent moments.
I definitely think independent film is very exciting, and you get to sometimes take bigger risks. So that's always a challenge and something that I look forward to.
I'm kind of a self-aware and confident person.
Each role that I've played has had a piece of a dream role in it.
I think I am the same kind of person I would have been if I wasn't an actor. I am not a robot.
There is a lot of negativity that you welcome into your life when you're an actor. You bare your soul for anyone to see.
I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!
If you don't love what you are doing, it could be misery.
When I'm working, even though it's sometimes challenging and difficult, there's still no place I would rather be.
I find dates, in general, horrific. We have to sit there and ask these questions and pretend to eat a meal, and it just feels so stiff.
Everyone in New York is very self-involved. They're focused on themselves. Like, walking down the street, people are just in their own zone.
Charlie Sheen gave me a signed headshot. I think it said, 'Keep it real.' But 'real' was spelled 'reel,' like a film reel.
I never skimp on TV. I watch an embarrassing amount of TV shows. I don't even know how I do it.
I'm very proud to be a woman - you're part of a tribe. Automatically, you feel connected to another woman when you meet them. That's really special.
I don't know whether it's audiences or filmmakers who want characters to be likable today, but I don't think actors are afraid of their characters being unlikable.
Someone once said about me that I talk to everyone the same, no matter what age they are. I don't see kids and adults. I see everyone the same.
Being a known person is pretty much all I've known. I don't remember much of a time when people didn't know who I was.
I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.
My parents never talked to me like I was a kid. Maybe that's why I've been seen as mature.
I don't throw my clothes out after one wear. Shocking, I know.
I always talk about my characters like they're real people.
I have a weird vision of relationships because my parents have known each other since second grade, and they got married right out of college.
If I see a movie on TV that I'm in, I usually will watch it for that reason: It's like I'm watching another person.
I was always into fashion because my mom has always been interested in fashion. She majored in fashion merchandising in college, and it's always been something we have in common.
I played the young Reese Witherspoon in 'Sweet Home Alabama' when I was 7, and the boy who played the young Josh Lucas was 10.
I love the feeling I get when I'm on a set; I love reading the scripts, playing the characters, getting to be someone else.
I love who I am and I love my life, but if I could be someone else, I'd be Beyonce in two seconds.
I think I really like psychology because my job is all about getting inside another person's mind and thoughts.
Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me.
