When I graduated from college I thought I was over with show business and was pursuing other things..

Kids are truthful by nature..

A lot of movies treat kids like idiots..

I didn't want to go down any scarier path of low self-esteem than I was already on the track for. So during my second year of college I was like, 'I'….

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business..

Some people are really good at their jobs, some people are really bad..

There's a theory out there that if you're in a public profession you're fair game. I couldn't disagree with that idea more. Especially with children ….

I've been poked fun of throughout my career by fellow actors for my notes that I take. I have spiral notebooks that I carry with me on every project ….

I don't let it bother me too much if someone doesn't like me. I just figure there's no accounting for taste. It's not me, it's my acting. It's like i….

My family and school life are important to me..

I really don't like to do back-to-back movies. I concentrate on things at home. My family and school life are important to me. I try to do one movie ….

It was more like having unwanted attention as a child - if you'd walk around, people would recognize you, and it would be in a weird, almost making-f….

First, I was a fact checker for Zagat and then I was an editorial assistant for HarperCollins publishing house..

Keep in mind that there are computers, that do touch things up. Like when I got a hold of the poster for 'Gold Diggers,' I said: 'Hey, wait a minute!….

I'm very happy to make specific choices (as an actor), (but) you can't be married to them because you never know when the writers are going to be lik….

I only surround myself with people who are intellectually stimulating..

Day-to-day scheduling is always a conflict. You go, "Oh, I want to go to that awards show because when am I ever going to do that again?" But then yo….

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I….

The big difference with the recognition is that when I go on an audition, I don't feel like they're testing my abilities as much as they're just seei….

It was easy for me to leave acting for school, because I wasn't really in it as an adolescent for fulfilling reasons..

Right now I'm just thinking about school and trying to get those grades and keep them up! In case I become a Norma Desmond when I grow up, I can have….