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.

People always tell me, 'Don't work so much', but I can't help it. I feel like all the things I've done are important to get to this adult stage and now I'm getting all these adult offers, so it's working.

You can never control who you fall in love with, even when you're in the most sad, confused time of your life. You don't fall in love with people because they're fun. It just happens.

I try not to do scenes a certain way, because then I become conscious of it, and it dosen't come off as realistic. I try to make it so that I'm not really aware of what I'm doing.

I wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.

Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone! Don't they realize that it's gross? I understand it's an addiction, but it still pains me to see my friends do it.

I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.

I have gotten so many tickets. I hope I don't get my license revoked.

I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me or don't you? Just tell me so I can get over you.

But the real secret to total gorgeousness is to believe in yourself, have self confindence, and try to be secure in your decisions and thoughts.

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

I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.

Why would I cry over a boy? I would never waste my tears on a boy. Why waste your tears on someone who makes you cry?

The hardest job an actor can do is all this pretend, all this screaming and being scared for your life.

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.

A lot of people my age who are working right now have never acted; they get a show and suddenly they're making millions. It's always those people who get it fast who have the most trouble staying grounded and being themselves.

A lot of people my age, they grew up with me onscreen. I think that's helped keep a certain amount of longevity. When you grow up with a person, you feel like you know them.

After 'Melancholia' and 'On the Road,' I wanted to do a comedy. And I did so many comedies when I was younger, but if you're not consistently in those movies, people don't always think of you for them.

Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.

Confidence is very sexy. You could be not cute at all and have such confidence.

Doing 'All Good Things' really felt like I was acting for myself rather than anyone else. It gave me a freedom I'd never had before, or knew I had, to do whatever I want to, and to argue my opinions and not just feel like the cute girl on set or the girl in a boy's club. I figured out how I could be both. And it's been different ever since.

Every movie I do, I always use things that have happened in my life. Funny moments, anything. If it just sticks out I'll write it down and use that, too, because it has to come out of you. But no one can work when they're depressed. I don't think I'd physically be able to do it if I were depressed.

Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?

Everyone goes through a hard time in their life.

I attract a different kind of boy when my hair's red. I get more quality men - like a more thoughtful, nerdy dude.

I built my entire career off of teen comedies. I was in 'Bring It On'.

I can't imagine having a real personal thing, like divorce and marriage, all those things, being in the public eye. I try to not talk about anything personal, and then nobody has the fire to throw back at you, like 'You said this back then!'

I can't wait to have kids one day. I want to have kids and a farm with lots of animals on a lake.

I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

I don't gossip about myself.

I don't live in the spotlight, and I don't live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.

I don't really relate to myself as The Girl in the Magazine. Which is dangerous for me, too, sometimes, because I don't think all the time, 'Well, look to see if people are following me home.' Sometimes I'm a little bit more free than maybe I should be.

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.

I don't want to be 'box-office girl,' but I don't want to be 'that indie girl' either.

I feel like I could never walk around a film half-naked. I definitely wouldn't want to see that.

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 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. And I'm lucky enough to be in a position where I can wait six months for a project that really interests me.

I feel very lucky that I don't have to rely on a man to give me financial security. That's a big deal.

I just want to be a good friend to people, that's all.

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 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.

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

I never read comics as a kid. I guess I was lazy and watched cartoons instead.

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really cool to do a film in German. I'm not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent's pretty good. I wouldn't feel too out of my element.