My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.

My birthday is Feb. 11, and I'm both excited and not excited by it. You'll never be 15 again, and you really, really need to savor every day like it's your last.

I prefer home-schooling because you can work at your own pace and go towards more what you're interested in, whether it be history or geography or math.

You need people around you that care about you and are thinking about you in your best interest. And keep your mind straight.

Films are very influential, and I especially feel a responsibility to tell stories that have been pushed aside. Being able to shed light on issues that need to be brought to the world.

My father's Peruvian! I actually have a lot of family in Cuzco. I'm also Swiss, Alaskan, French, Spanish and Italian.

Portraying Pocahontas' story well was important to me because she was a real person and these were real events in her life.