Follow your heart and don't question it, no matter where it tells you to go It will open up a world of experiences you can't even imagine.

I think my mother is my biggest influence. There are so many things I hate about her but at the same time I'm thankful for her. All I know is that when I'm a parent I want to be just like my mom. I can talk to my mom more than any of my friends could talk to their parents.

I've done a lot of independent travelling, which hasn't been the best career choice, but it's been a really great life choice.

We live in a world where sort of nothing is shocking anymore.

Drama sells more than the truth.

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.

I'm just a believer in keeping all of the creative brain cells moving and working even when you're not working because the inevitable loneliness and boring drought in the actor's world, it can eat you alive.