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" Everything you're doing is a chance at an opportunity, so why not give it your fullest and try? "

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" I like pushing myself as an actor. "

" I can express the brooding part of myself on-screen. It's kind of fun to get to do the bratty things I really wouldn't do. And then I get to go back to my regular life. "

" I'm self-conscious about a lot of things. "

" I get so bummed when I have to return the clothes I'm lent. It's easy to feel so special, but like Cinderella, you lose your shoes. "

" I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel. "

" I try to miss as little school as possible. "

" There are some parts I like about school. I like math a lot, and I like physics. "

" I don't like shoes. I get a lot of splinters, though. "

" There's something to be said about being able to be retrospective about a certain age as opposed to just in it. "

" You know how when you read a book and it becomes a movie, and it's different than you pictured? In some ways, acting is a lot like that. "

" I'm such a dork, but I really think there are derivatives to be found between story arcs and character motivations. And the way you evaluate functions is a really interesting way to look at stories and the way you act. I really believe it. "

" When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, 'Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.' "

" 'Homeland' is intense, and I think it would be a hard show to watch if it were intense for 60 straight minutes. "

" One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you. "

" I love both of my parents. "

" I know it sounds silly, but in auditions for film or TV, the words aren't as important - you need to get into the character and have the gist of the scene. But in theater, if you don't do it word for word, then you throw off your scene partner. "

" I do use FaceTime because I'm frequently isolated from friends and my boyfriend, so I get that. "

" I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea. "

" I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it. "

" On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play. "

" I like to read on the train. "

" I'm not good at Disney acting. I'm really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don't mind. I don't know. I look back, and I'm kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, 'What if I had gone that route?' "

" I like making people feel things. Acting doesn't seem like lying but like storytelling. "

" I like to go swimming, and I like salty hair. "

" I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started 'Homeland'. "

" I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible. "

" I'm not very good at keeping secrets. "

" Red carpets seem so glamorous, but you're really just standing there sweating and worrying your hair is going to fall. And in the end, people are only going to see one picture of you. You just smile for one second and then you walk over to the side and check your phone. It's pretty weird. "

" My first proper credit was a small voice-over on an episode of 'The Sopranos' when I was, like, 11 or 12. "

" I really love independent films. There's something so determined about the people who work on them. "