We do have a choice at the end of the day to say yes or to say no. There have been things that I have passed on where agents at the time were like, "you're crazy, why would you pass on this," because it wasn't something that I personally wanted to be a part of.

I feel that I've been very fortunate in the films that I have gotten and that I've chosen to do.

If I was just considered a looker and wasn't considered an actor, where would I be in 10 or 20 years from now?

There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection.

I think it magnified it. For me, I wasn't sheltered so I think it was magnified. Especially when you're a teenager and you go to high school and you're in the business and you are known.

They don't teach you just how to be in school. There's no class on that. There’s no multiple choice test for Why Do I Feel This Way?

There's another girl who was going to play Hilary Faye and luckily she wound up not doing it.