I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him.

We make conscious choices to do something a certain way.

I can remember when Pulp Fiction came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.

I was always a performing arts kid in general - but I felt like my ultimate goal was to be an actress and be in films.

You do sometimes have to work on things where you love the cast and you love the filmmaker, and the role might not be great but it's fun. I'm totally down to do those things, and will continue to do those things, as well, but it at least has to be peppered with roles that are really interesting and that are hard.

I don't think people understand when you say you are making a micro-budget film that you are getting paid no money.

I want to be inspired by the characters that I play and excited by the projects that I do.