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

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" 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. "

" The person I've worked with most is Morena Baccarin, and from her, I've learned to stand up for your character. "

" I like to make pies. That's kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin. "

" I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you. "

" I'm trying to be more put-together. My closets are very messy. I like Rebecca Minkoff; her clothes are casual, but cool. I love Band of Outsiders. And ASOS makes a lot of good stuff. I can get lost on their website for hours. I don't like to spend a lot of money on clothes. "

" I like pushing myself as an actor. "

" I love both of my parents. "

" 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.' "

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

" I've made a few independent films now and a few movies with Disney, and I've done TV. "

" I tried the Crisco, and I hated it. Hated it! I couldn't roll it out. I'm a butter girl for my pie crusts. "

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

" I've always enjoyed searching for clothes. I like thrift stores and vintage stuff, and not so much going to Urban Outfitters. What got me interested is having to choose dresses for the carpet, and doing a lot of shoots with really cool clothes. I've gotten to try on a lot of things that I've liked, and some things that I haven't. "

" Before I turned 18, I had all these rules. Like, I could only work ten hours a day, and I had to go to school. "

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

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