"If someone is talking to you and tells you that you ought to do something, and you can tell they mean it, those are the scary people. Those are the people you want to watch out for."

"I've been largely an improvisational actor for most of my career."

"Sometimes we don't want the bad guy to get caught because otherwise the story is over. You want to at least see it through to the end."

"I know it's boring to say this but I always start with the script. I mean if it's well written and it's a character that I haven't necessarily played before."

"I find a lot of inspiration through visuals. When I was 12, I saw Aurora's 'Runaway' music video. Something inside me clicked, like, 'That is what I want to do, no matter whether it goes anywhere or not.'"

"Pirate was going to be my middle name, but then my uncle had a problem with it because pirates are bad."

"What inspires me about rap is that it's written in an almost poetic way. I just think it's so cool."

"We uploaded 'Ocean Eyes' to SoundCloud, and it started getting a lot of plays pretty much immediately."

"I've always been a singer. I never really decided I was gonna be a singer. It just kind of - I just sung a lot."

"You can write a song about being in love with someone, but you don't have to be in love with anyone."

"I think it's really cool when artists have song titles or album names that are a really conversational sentence."

"If I make music and people hate it, you know, whatever. I'll die someday, and one day, they will too."

"Pretty much my whole life, I've been a performer and have loved singing and writing songs in my room for my own ears."

"I don't really get nervous that much, or if I do, only I know. It's all inside me. I am good at hiding everything."

"I feel like I might be a designer or stylist - or a director because I have always been super interested in cameras and editing."

"My whole life, I've sung and listened to music, and since the beginning, I've had iTunes and used Apple Music for streaming."

"If I'm in a bad mood, or if I'm uncomfortable, it's probably what I'm wearing that's making me feel that way."

"People have so much going on in their heads. I'm like, If you could write a song, you'd feel so much better!"

"I'm gonna make what I want to make, and other people are gonna like what they're gonna like. It doesn't really matter."

"I grew up on the Beatles; I love Linkin Park and Green Day. I heard hip-hop for the first time at 11 and realized what I was missing."

"I think everybody deserves an equal amount of appreciation whether how old they are, but I mean, I'm cool with the praise. I'm good."

"Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won't last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don't realise that."

"Getting recognized is insane. It just blows my mind. Like, someone who you don't know at all can just be like, 'Oh my God - are you Billie?'"

"If I'm inspired to make a certain kind of song, I'm going to make that kind of song, no matter if it's what they know me as or think I am."