If I'm passionate about something, I'll do everything I can to be a part of it.

You have only 30 seconds with a new person. I will give you a hug so you know I’m real, and then you’re real too.

A quarter of my life has been spent on 'Secret Life.' I'm 20 and I've been doing it for five years, so I think the best moments have been when all the cast members get to work together and we get to collaborate and share experiences. We all grew up together.

In order to help those around you, and in order to even be a good actress and a good mother at the same time, you have to know your worth.

I think every teenager goes through their angst. People who are like, 'No, I had a perfect adolescence,' make me wonder how that is possible.

George Clooney sort of lost his 'George Clooney-ness' the first day I met him. He's not George Clooney in my eyes - he's George from Kentucky with an awesome, awesome heart.

My only real insecurities in high school were having such long legs and thick hair — things I’m so very grateful for now.