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

I'm sort of coming of age into a different time of acting, and I feel kind of like a kid again. I used to think that I could climb anything, do anything. But I've just been like a skinny white girl my whole life.

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.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.

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.

I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.

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