"I like analyzing human behavior.
It's complex. That's what keeps me going."
"I love to dance and
this was a great opportunity to do ballet, which I gave up
when I was little, and hip-hop, which I really enjoy,"
* talking about her movie 'Save the last Dance'.
"I wear everything from hip-hop baggy pants to beautiful
Armani dresses. I also like to mix vintage clothing with designer
pieces."
"If I'm gong out to a club I like to have fun with it.
I'll use blue or red sparkly eyeliners and glittery eye shadows.
Then I'll put on some blue mascara. I focus on the eyes."
""For one of the first scenes we were filming, I
had to enter from upstairs, and between takes I would sit
on the staircase landing. Brad started wandering around, then
came upstairs to talk to me. He asked if I had a valentine".
8 when filming 'The Devils Own'.
"just because I had done (''10 Things''), I wasn't going
to turn down the acting experiences of my life." * about
doing Shakespear movies.
"I'm going to Columbia University but I'm trying to keep
that low-profile because I don't want weird people following
me there. I want the experience of normal college life."
"My regular school didn't know what to do with me!"
"It's fun to stay at the Y! M! C! A!"
"I took the role of Ophelia in Hamlet because she is
so naïve, loving, and innocent."
"There were a lot of raunchy scenes that they weren't
willing to take out." * why turned down the lead part
in Madona'a movie 'Going Down'.
"With Shakespeare, actors usually speak loud or fast
or slow or with an English accent. In the beginning of Hamlet
I was really intimidated by the language and then I realized
you don't have to do a different kind of acting when you do
Shakespeare. I decided not to worry about iambic pentameter,
but speak as if it's real language, which it it."