“And at NYU, I went to the Atlantic Theater Company, and they have two main points. One of them is to always be active in something instead of just feeling it. And the other is figuring out your character.”

“But I have a list of books that I want to read before I die, and whenever I get time to read something that isn't a script, I'll read something from that.”

“Everyone is always surprised by how old I am. They think I'm older, but it's always been that way. I'm the youngest of four - maybe you grow up quicker because you just watch the big people.”

“I also want to go to an Italian island and do cuisine properly with some famous Italian chef and, like, his mother.”

“I always went to see independent films, they're the movies I'm usually most excited to see.”

“I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.”

“I believe that you are only in control of so much. So whatever you are not in control of you can't worry about.”

“I don't know about you, but my girlfriends have been my girlfriends forever, and they're my sisters and my family.”

“I get way too much happiness from good food.”

“I had a great drama teacher in high school, and that's when I started to learn about the history of theater.”

“I just need to figure out how to grow without compromising.”

“I never understood why anyone would do magazines. Like, why would someone put their face out there so much? It's because those people reading magazines will go see the movie, so you do it.”

“I think every day you try to soak up as much as you can to learn and understand things better.”

“I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.”

“I would love to date a chef. I'd probably get really fat, but I don't care.”

“If you don't like something, talk about something else that's great and maybe someone else will discover it and think it's great too.”

“I'm the curvy one of the family.”

“It's interesting to watch myself with an audience; I'm trying hard to learn from it.”

“I've always loved being a student.”

“I've never read a young adult novel, though. I'm sure I would love it, but I've never read one.”

“Movies are in a much longer production conversation before an actor is even involved. I always thought of actors as the last piece of the puzzle - so you're a tool.”

“No, I wouldn't want the paparazzi ever following me in my life.”

“'The Sun Also Rises' by Ernest Hemingway is my favorite book. You feel manly reading it.”

“The tabloids create their own stories about people's lives that don't exist.”

“What keeps you confident in a healthy way is knowing that everyone else around you is going to support you and teach you and you're going to learn from them. I just feel open to learning from people.”

“When I was 14 or 15, I was a really good volleyball player, so I thought, 'Well, maybe I'll just get a scholarship to an Ivy League school through volleyball.' Then I quit when I decided to focus on theater.”