I love talking about movies that mean something to me.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.

You never know how things are going to fit. So, you don't count your eggs until they hatch. You can't pre-project that. I mean, this was literally like a childhood fantasy of mine, to be able to work in action. You know, growing up on Disney films like Pocahontas and wanting to enter into that, or Aladdin and how he's fighting - being your own hero, being your own heroine is like every one's dream.

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.