Everything is sacred and nothing is sacred.

Everyone today is like, 'Shailene, you're getting so much buzz. How does the feel?' It's the most odd question because it's like asking a kid who got into Cornell how it feels to be the top of your class at one of the Ivy League schools. How do you answer that? You just go, 'I don't know.

Everything is sacred and nothing is sacred.

I'd always wanted to do a film than TV show because film is always where my heart has been. I like diving into the character for a few months, and then leaving it behind. I love the idea of that.

I had never been to Hawaii, and now I say that my body is from L.A. but my heart is from Hawaii, because I'm in love with it and it's home on every level, from a spiritual, soulful place.

I think there is a point in every teenager's life where they are forced to come into themselves.

I think every script has meaningful messages no matter what it is, because inherently life is full of meaning and every single day we lean a lesson.