I did get bullied and I did get picked on and I did have that feeling in my gut of being incredibly self-conscious. I naturally gravitated towards my elders because I didn't know how to speak or be present with my peers.

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

I don't really prepare for roles. I just kind of do them!

So the characters that I choose, I like to make sure that they have depth and that they have some sort of bite. It's more fun.

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.

I'm not going to let fear rule my life. I'd rather be able to know that I've made a choice that's right for me, than saying yes because I don't want my agents to be upset with me.

It doesn't matter if a critic pans or praises my movies, I am only concerned about that one audience member and what their experience is.