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" I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it. "

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" I am not a genius. But I am nerdy. "

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" I get a little jealous of these actor boys. They walk into a club, and in two seconds flat there are swarms of girls who are wanting so badly to touch them or just say hello. That's not the case with me, or any other girl I know. "

" I have this home in New York, I have a long-term relationship with my boyfriend, who's from Australia, and I had this business that I had maintain. Even though I wasn't actively shooting, there's a lot of peripheral work. "

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" I got an agent when I was 12, and I started working in more amateur productions well before that. But even as a kid, I never felt like a kid actor, you know? I always took myself kind of absurdly seriously. "

" It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now. "

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" I know, it's true. I've played these tortured teenagers. I can't wait to shed that image. "

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