A lot of my friends aren't working, especially since fewer films are being made now and there's more competition.

I’m a huge fan of the books myself, so to know that I got to play Clary – who’s a literary heroine to me – was a huge honour.

If you don't have that trust in the backbone of the project, you may not know what you're making.

I'm drawn to roles that have real substance, that aren't just the victim or the teenage girl or the girlfriend.

Everything happens for a reason and, of course at times it's very discouraging, but at the end of the day you can't take it personally and move onward because if you let it sit with you, then it starts to eat away at you and you're allowing someone else to steal your excitement. No one wants that.

I'm not against Twitter or Facebook. I'm not against anything. Never say never.

I watched a few of Warren Beatty films when I was growing up...my Dad loved 'Heaven Can Wait.'