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" It's really easy as an actor just starting out to get into the mindset that you only get one break. But my parents have shown me that's not true. "

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" I hate technology and cellphones. I hate having to have one all of the time. I don't tweet or buzz or bing or whatever! It's a conscious thing - I hate the way that it can take over young people's lives. "

" I'm not super aware of what's the coolest thing and what everybody's doing or listening to or watching at any given time. "

" I got to take classes in writing with a fountain pen, and actually, something you make is your own textbook. So, while you're learning about something, you have to write essays on it, and then you handwrite in cursive, in fountain pen, your essays out on beautiful paper and you bind it together into a book that you hand in at the end of the course. "

" It's difficult to always have to be contextualized within the careers of your parents, and it's difficult not to feel like you can stand alone, but hopefully I'll earn the ability to stand alone over time. "

" In the first two projects I've worked on professionally, I've been doing ensemble work with other young women, which I think is pretty cool. And they both were directed by and written by women. It's been a wonderful experience of real ensemble support and women lifting each other up, and I feel really lucky for that. "

" The thing about acting that's unlike any other art form is that it's collaborative; directing and acting are a collaboration, and your acting won't succeed if the lighting design doesn't succeed or sets don't succeed. "

" Eventually, I realized that there was only so much that I could put in the way of my happiness, and acting made me happier than anything else. "

" I want to tell stories that are true and that resonate and move people, that highlight both the tremendous beauty and ugliness available in the human experience. "

" I love Katharine Hepburn. I love Liesl in 'The Sound of Music.' I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn. "

" As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come true. So, you need to have total faith in them and add your own creativity and opinions and energy, but you have to really give over responsibility, and sometimes that can feel terrifying. "

" I was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and had gone to a special school for it and then left the school. I'd learned to read and write, but it was still a real struggle for me, as it is to this day. "

" Men should be able to see themselves in female characters and female strength, just as much as women are able to see themselves in male characters. "

" One thing I've learned from my parents and from observing all the artists I've been lucky enough to grow up around is that you've got to be brave. "

" I have definitely emulated my mom's style more than anyone's. But that may be mostly to do with how often I steal her clothing. "

" Viola Davis, Patti Smith, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Julianne Moore. I could go on forever listing names. However... my greatest inspirations have, without a doubt, been my teachers, friends, and family. "

Friends And Family

" I keep a diary because I love this writer, David Sedaris, and he writes a lot about his diary, and he inspired me to keep one. "

" I've never been interested in a career in modelling, I was interested in my independence. When I was in school, modelling was what I needed to reach independence without having to leave. "

" In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye. "

" I'm a real nature girl, and I love the Earth. "

" I've always been kind of a voyeur. "

" I think success is when the way you talk about who you want to be and what you want to do lines up with who you are and what you do. I guess, by that, I mean I think success is practicing what you preach. "

" When I was in my early and mid-teens, my style changed constantly. My clothing was inspired by 'Annie Hall' for a while, by a yoga teacher, a flower child, a pirate... name it. "

" I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the nature reminded me of Americans: everyone was warm and open and easy to talk to. And Ireland is so beautiful and lusciously green. "

" What I learned is you have to be forgiving with yourself. You have to be willing to take your time, and you can't expect things from yourself that you can't deliver. "

" When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it. "

" I really struggled, growing up, with reading and writing. I had a hard time to do that, but I was really passionate about storytelling and about books. "

" I've become a little immune to the gazes of strangers because it's been a part of my life for so long. "

" I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life. "

" I'm not particularly interested in my phone. I'm interested in human contact. I think phones have created a certain social incapacity; it's made people socially deficient. "

" You want to put out good vibes for the viewers, even if so many stories that have to be told and that need to be told have a lot of darkness in them, because the world has a lot of darkness in it. "