What we do to animals directly impacts everything, because we are all connected. It disrupts the food chain, it funds terrorism (ivory), it changes our climate, our oceans, it starts wars.

If I can have the opportunity to go into an editing room, it's like the golden ticket for me. All I want is to learn about everything else in the filmmaking process. I just directed a music video which just came out and that'd sort of be the area of the field that I'm going to move into, I hope.

People send everyone hate mail. That's the way the world works right now, I'm nothing special.

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 think we learn some of the greatest lessons in life from animals, whether it's love, suffering, or the value of silence.

I've always loved music and felt connected to it, but was too afraid to explore that avenue.

The degradation of our environment is undeniably a direct result of our lack of regard, lack of accountability, and lack of responsibility.