A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something.

It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character.

A singer is someone who puts out an album. That's a very generous description.

In movies, I hope women aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave the way for young actresses, too.

What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.

On every film I do, whenever there are other girls my age, I think it's definitely up to me to set the pace. That's because I've had a lot of experience and I think there's always a certain amount of professionalism that should be maintained. If I was catty or whatever, it would just make the whole shoot unpleasant. And what's the point of that?

I would have loved to have been in a Hitchcock movie.