I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.

Children accept their world as the world. I grew up like kids that I went to school with. Their parents were either shrinks or actors.

I loved acting as a kid because I was kind of shy, so it brought me out of myself. Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible. It wasn't like some idea of going to Hollywood; it was in my backyard. I lived two blocks from Grauman's Chinese Theatre growing up. It was what people did. It's an industry town. So it wasn't some far-off fantasy, it was like "Oh yeah, when you grow up, you do this because that's what people do here."

I don't really watch my moves all that often; I mean, really, I don't.

I hope my talent has something to do with it. I just think this business is so crazy. I obviously do the best I can, and the directors I admire see something in me. But this is a strange business, and there are people who are incredibly talented who never make it, who never get these opportunities. So that's why I say I'm lucky. I don't feel that I'm not talented - I think I am talented - but I also think I'm very lucky.

It's very exciting to work with people who inspire you.