Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it.

I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life.

I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more.

I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job.

I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it.

I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldnt trade it for the world.

Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.