"In movies, I hope women
aren't always portrayed as sex symbols. People like Drew Barrymore
are paving the way for girls my age. Hopefully I can pave
the way for young actresses, too."
"So many teen films are
overproduced and people are going to burnout on the subject."
"I would love to get
married and have children."
"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."
"Madonna [is my role
model] she's such a powerful woman. I love Gwenyth Paltrow,
she's an actress I aspire to be like. And, of course, my mom.
She drove me from New Jersey to New York every day for commercials
so I could get where I am today."
"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."
"...,but if I could raid
one person's closet it would be Stella McCartney's. I love
her clothes. Can you imagine being able to borrow anything
from her closet? Heaven!"
"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."
"My mom raised me so
wonderfully. She gave me self esteem and made me appreciate
my flaws, as well as my strengths."
"I'd like to be taller.
I'd like my baby fat to leave." (on what she would change
about her apperance)
"I'd like to grow up
and be beautiful. I know it doesn't matter, but it doesn't
hurt."
"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."
"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? "
"On turning down the
role of Angela in "American Beauty": "When
I read it, I was 15 and I don't think I was mature enough
to understand the script's material. I didn't want to be kissing
Kevin Spacey. Come on! Lying there naked with rose petals?"
"I am sure I would love
to do it now, but back then, I was, like, 11 and it was 'ugh.'
There's nothing sexual or sexy when you're that age. So I
was kissing Brad Pitt. So what? He had chapped lips. He was
lovely and kind and sweet to me, but it was just yuk."
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Tom Cruise on working with
Kirsten: "We're all in awe of her maturity as an actress.
There seems to be the experience of a 35-year-old actress
in the body of this little girl."