"I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here."

"I don't think roles help you resolve your issues. I just think they're good markers."

"I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not."

"And sometimes, you need your knight in shining armour."

"My favourite food at the moment is Pasta, “with tons of shaved Parmesan on the side. Not crumbly but like the hunks, you know what I meanwhen you get the thin slices."

"Obviously I’m a feminist. It’s ridiculous that anyone would think other of me."

"If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it."

"I think that most human beings go through some sort of depression in their life. And if they don't, I think that's weird."

"I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy. People comment, but the only person who ever told me to fix them was my mom ... I just went my own way, like daughters do."

"I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways."

"I've never had a teenage rebellion, I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way."

"I don't gossip about myself."

"I've always used my own personal emotions and things that I've gone through in my life to build a character. The work that I do before a film feels almost like therapy, between me and whoever I'm playing."

"For me, my favourite actresses are like Charlotte Rampling or Gena Rowlands... people who have always stepped outside of the restraints of a certain type of woman or story. I always like those movies the best."

"I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life."

"I love what I do and I dont want to stop - This is all Ive ever wanted."

"When I'm an old lady, I'm going to have my pick of the young men. They'll be like, 'She's Miss Mary Jane!' The young boys will think I'm a hot old lady."

"Rare are the people who can capture a human being."

"If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place."

"I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do."

"You really can't explain how you do the things you do. I can't, anyway. I love certain actors, but sometimes they say the stupidest things about technique. I don't want to say something stupid."

"I've never been a major smoker, but I think America's view on weed is ridiculous. I mean - are you kidding me? If everyone smoked weed, the world would be a better place."

"When you're in a depressed state, having something really bad happen gives you kind of a life again."

"I love my snaggle fangs. They give me character and character is sexy."

"I've seen 'karma' slap people in the face. You have to be good to people. It really does come around."

"If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'"

"It's always nice when people appreciate your work because it means you've affected them, which is great. And so that feels good."

"I'm never going to say anything about who I'm dating unless I'm married or engaged."

"I've never had a teenage rebellion; I'm not that type of person. I always work out my problems in a conscientious way."

"I don't gossip about myself."

"I liked the girly cartoons. I was very much a girly-girl."

"I hate red-carpet photographs!"

"I know kids are supposed to go through these awkward stages, but I just never even thought about that. I was too busy worrying about getting my education while I was working."

"I feel like everyone directs their own career according to their taste, what they migrate to emotionally and what kind of artists they want to work with."

"I think for everyone it's good to have your own personal work on a character and a film before you even start rehearsing, to have an inner life."

"I love to produce, and I've directed two short films."

"A lot of moms give their kids line reads. My mom wasn't put in that position because I always had an acting teacher helping with the feelings rather than how to say something."

"I was a very imaginative and theatrical child and wasn't afraid of being in front of a camera."

"If I'd trusted myself and listened to myself all the times that I ignored myself, I would have been fine. But everyone has to learn their lesson, and now I've got it."

"Everyone goes through a hard time in their life."

"I think it's best to date someone who doesn't do what you do."

"My grandmother lives with my mother in a gorgeous house in the San Fernando Valley. I am afforded these luxuries, and I'm very young."

"It's such a private thing - 'my process' - I can just say that the work that I do is like therapy between me and the character."

"New York vintage is too expensive!"

"I think you see in people's eyes what they've been through. Anything in their lives shows up in their eyes."

"When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst."

"If you're successful at a young age, no matter the profession, there has to come a time when you reevaluate everything, what it means to you. 'Is this what I want to do for the rest of my life?'"

"I'm always looking for that movie that feels like it's hitting me where I need it."

"What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody."

"I like people more undone than made up. Patricia Arquette is the ultimate. She's not anorexic or perfectly tan, she's not trying to be anything but what she is, and that's the most sexy thing."