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.
Kirsten Dunst
I'm very mature for my age, but I'm also innocent in a lot of ways.
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 happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.
You know that feeling when you wake up in the morning and you're excited for the day? That's one of my main goals in life.
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.
You know how people say awards don't mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.
I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt.
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.
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.
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.
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?
What are you going to do if it's the end of the world? You better go out having fun instead of stressing about it.
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.
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 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 wanted to get an angel wings tatooed on my back, as a guardian thing.
When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.
When I have time off, my friends and I will go to Universal Studios, the movies, out to eat, and shopping. I'm happiest when I'm just hanging out with my friends... it really doesn't matter what we do.
I don't try to be sexy, but if you are sexy it comes out. If you're not, you're not.
I think every woman goes through a relationship where she is with a guy that is really not right for her. You get lost in it.
I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.
I'm a good assistant. That's why I don't have an assistant, because I'm so on it that no one can be as on it as me. I know that.
I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.
Being an actress doesn't make you popular in school.
I'd like to be taller. I'd like my baby fat to leave.
The more I see and know about life, the more ideas I have and the more I want to make art.
I would love to work with Quentin Tarantino - he's my number one. My ultimate. I would love to work with Paul Thomas Anderson, Alexander Payne - Pedro Almodovar wouldn't be too shabby. There are so many good directors, but those are some of my favorites.
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.
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've been an REM fan since I was a little girl. I would jump around to 'Stand' in the mirror.
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.
What actor do you really take seriously who becomes a singer? It's kind of ridiculous. I can't think of anybody.
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.
Most people ask me questions based on a previous interview. That's not an interview. It's like they're just saying my quotes back to me.
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 was a big Guns N' Roses fan when I was seven. My friend who lived across the street had long dark curly hair and I had long blonde hair, so I'd dress up as Axl and she'd be Slash, and we'd rock out in front of the mirror singing 'Patience.'
I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.
You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they've ever been in their life, but you can't help who you fall in love with. That's part of the excitement of life - new people, new experiences.
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.
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.
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 think the best thing about my job is that I have my life documented, which not many people get to have. They have a photo here and there and maybe some video footage from a birthday. My kids will be able to see me growing up.
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.
Everybody has a mean streak in them, don't they?
I really wanted the MTV Award the most, It was a golden popcorn container and it looks really neat.
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.
My mother told me that when I was born a wave of feeling came over her. She just knew that I was destined to be an actress.
I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.
