I don't like doing things or committing to things when I don't feel that I can give one hundred and ten percent.
I guess that I saw people on TV and I said 'Wow!', I'd love to see myself in a big screen TV, and have people say 'Wow, what a great actress!'
I lost the passion for it [acting] at 13. I had been working on back-to-back projects since I was 3 so I was happy to get to spend time with friends and family.
I still drink fat free milk. When I was little my brother told me chocolate milk was from abused cows, so I never liked it.
I teach Hip Hop once a week for 3 hours. It's a blast. I've been dancing since I was a baby and I've been teaching Hip Hop for almost 7 years now. I love dancing. Dancing of all kinds really, but I mostly dance hip hop since I teach it.
I think that when I look at projects in general, if anything is a good role, I’ll look at it. The exciting thing for me with any project is the prospect of being challenged in some sort of way. If it could offer up a challenge for me, that would be something that I would do. That’s what I look for each day when I’m looking to do a project.
I think the audience can see you in a role and get comfortable with you in that role. They like you in that role and they want to continue seeing you in that role. It’s interesting, because after I did Napoleon Dynamite, I went into casting sessions, and they all think that I am really nerdy and that I really wear side ponytails. I think that’s just human nature that you see somebody in one aspect, and it’s kind of hard to imagine them in a different one.
I took time off from the time I was 13 until I was 18. I wanted to take that time to be a kid and make sure that acting was really what I wanted to do.
I try to just remind myself that what's meant to be will be and there's always enough work out there for everyone.
I wasn't really told how many episodes I was going to be in. I was just happy to be a part of the series [Veronica Mars] playing a part that I love. So whenever they need me, I'm there and that's pretty much how it works.
I won’t do nudity. Nudity is the biggest thing. That extends forever, and I just won’t do it. This is my specific reason, and I’m not saying it applies to everyone. The reason that I won’t do nudity is because there’s going to be a time when I won’t be acting, when I’m older and will have children. I don’t want my kids coming home from school one day and saying that their friend brought in a videotape on which they see my bare ass. I just don’t want to put out that message for my kids. I don’t want my kids to be seeing that. I don’t.