Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later.

Children change a lot in terms of personality. Camaraderie that you feel with somebody might not be there a year later. That group might not have the same chemistry. So I completely understand why they're rushing into it, because they probably feel like they have to.

My grades in high school were not very good. I was that kind of perfectionist that figured if you can't do it perfectly, why do it at all?

I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.

A lot of child actors think they need to re-invent themselves, especially young women. Usually what they do is they adopt a sort of overt sexuality. It's fine if they want to do that, but a lot of times I think they feel obliged to do that, and that is something that I don't think anybody should feel obliged to express.

There were things that I knew that I was going to keep to myself.

Of course I didn't have a boyfriend then. I didn't even have a camp boyfriend then [at age of 13].