"Going to a party, for me, is as much a learning experience as, you know, sitting in a lecture."
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"When I was growing up, my mom told me every story that was happening to her. Most of the stories that come to me are through a female voice in my head. My stories seem to naturally be about females."
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"I think school is so much harder than real life. People are so much more accepting when they are adults."
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"I'm not really much of a genre guy. I think that audiences don't need that anymore where you just need a very specific genre. Audiences are very sophisticated, and as long as it's fun, it's okay and entertaining."
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"I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with."
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"Accept your lack of knowledge and use it as your asset."
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"I've always tried to separate my looks from all the other aspects of myself. I think girls are taught so much to focus on their looks that they tend to have their personality and intelligence develop slower than boys"
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"Why are they making rules that say my lover can stay in the United States if they're foreign or share my health care benefits because I'm straight - but if you're gay, you can't have that?"
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"I'm not convinced about marriage. Divorce is so easy, and that fact that gay people are not allowed to marry takes much of the meaning out of it. Committing yourself to one person is sacred."
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"It's always strange being a kid on the set, because you're treated like an equal when you're working. But then when you break, the other actors go back to their trailers to take naps and drink beer, and I have to, like, go do school."
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"We live in a real world. Come back to it."
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"I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be smart than a movie star."
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"Everyone dreams of living in Paris."
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"It's horrible to be a sex object at any age, but at least when you're an adult you can make the decision if you want to degrade yourself."
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"It's a lot easier to make friends when you're younger, because kids are a lot less judgmental than adults. They're more like, "O.K., let's be friends." Not, "So, what's your job?" "What's your marriage status?""
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"I was definitely different from the other kids... I was more ambitious. I knew what I liked and what I wanted, and I worked really hard. I was a very serious kid."
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"Committing yourself to one person is sacred."
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"I can sleep a whole day. If no one woke me up, I would sleep for 24 hours. I think it's a combination of my age and my appreciation for sleep. Sleep is so wonderful. Sometimes you can oversleep and feel like you've waster your time, but I think it's one of the bestways to spend your time."
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"I was like a total cliched '80s child. I had Barbies, obviously, as well as My Little Ponies and Cabbage Patch Kids, but I used to destroy them. I used to draw all over their faces and cut off their hair."
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"I love stoner comedies. I smoked weed in college, but I haven't smoked in years."
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