I play basketball, I surf and swim and go to the cinema and listen to music and read. I like shopping.

Once you move away from home, it's never quite the same again. You expect everything to be just as you left it, and it never is. It's almost the first step into adulthood, realising you've got to make your own way.

All teenagers want to rebel a little and break away. But I think you are always going to want to go back to your parents for that safety they provide.

There's no one out there like Quentin Tarantino. His films have a signature look, and they never just stick to the same kind of story.

The written word can be powerful and beautiful - but films transport us to another place in a way that even the most evocative words never can.

I think that when you're an actress, you have to think about what kind of a role model you're going to be. I hope that I'm a good role model for young girls. I'm not going to, if people still want me in their movies, I don't want to be one of these girls who goes around partying every night and is in rehab. I don't want to do that.

My whole life I try to make into a comedy, so it would be nice to see that onscreen.