My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all? So my grad….

I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure..

Puberty was definitely difficult for me..

I felt like I had to be conscious of myself as a girl for the first time. I had to be more feminine. I had to look a certain way. And it's something ….

I've always really loved stories told from the point of view of children..

I don't have any plans to pursue film acting. It's not my thing anymore, if it ever was. Yes, I do still act sometimes. But when I do, it's with peop….

There were things that I knew that I was going to keep to myself..

If you can affect someone when they're young, you are in their heart forever..

For me [being a kid actor], it's a bit like when you see your mom's friends, and they're like, "I remember when you were this big. You'll always be t….

It definitely is something that can get frustrating, because you want to live life on your own terms, and it feels for a while like you can't. But I'….

The Hollywood stuff in the book tended to come later. I think it was because I was worried about leading with that stuff. I wanted to try to make sur….

I didn't want to whisper and giggle about [puberty] anymore. I felt incredibly self-conscious. I felt like I was losing myself, and I was losing who ….

People want to bring kids to their level, and they want to make it seem like kids have this thing. It's seen as funny to them..

Do people think I'm cool because I was in a movie when I was a child? No. Well, maybe a little bit more than they used to. There's definitely a nosta….

I remember feeling enormous pressure because I didn't want to be Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Shirley Temple, and I didn't ever feel like I cou….

I get a lot of "Shut up, Matilda." I probably get as many "Shut up, Matildas" as Wil Wheaton gets "Shut up, Wesleys." That was an actual line on his ….

I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted. I thought children were pure and innocent, and that was inherently better. I….

You always worry that everybody is secretly talking about you behind your back, everybody is secretly making fun of your voice, your figure, the way ….

When my oldest brother started acting. From there, I wanted to act myself. That's the long story short..

I knew I didn't want to put anything down in writing about the first time that I had sex. I knew that I didn't want to do that..

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later..