“So it’s kind of weird to be like two different people, and I think that’s kind of fun.”

It would be a little bit hard to fit a treehouse in a New York City apartment.

I’m from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

My mom didn’t ever think I would take to acting because I was a very shy, very reserved kind of child. But obviously, something changed!

I have a really great family, and when Im not filming, I go home and walk the dogs, take out the garbage, clean my room, all that stuff.

I don’t really like to talk about other people. I think people who have things going on in their lives

My phone is always in front of me, 24/7.

I like English, and I like writing essays, and that kind of stuff.

I made my first movie when I was five.

I’ve always been a huge fan of the ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ movies.

What’s my favourite food? One you order out.

I like to have sleepovers.

A lot of the time I’m working with people who are older than me.

If you’re having a really bad day, it’s a great way to get out all of your frustration by doing a really angry or sad scene. That’s always a good release.

Never let anyone try and make you into something that you’re not. Remember what it is that you want, and always stay strong in that.

I think they have enough to deal with, they don’t need, you know, Abigail Breslin weighing in on their lives.

I never want to play the same character twice. I like to do different roles. I have fun with that.

It’s natural to want your kids to have all the things you didn’t have.

I’m going to tell kids the way things really were.

I allow readers to fill in the details as necessary. But I don’t force kids to have to digest something they’re not mature enough or ready for yet.

When I was a kid, my father used to tell me that everybody was celebrating my birthday. That’s what the trees are all about.

My parents were so poor when I was a kid, I never went anywhere.

Although when I was a kid I was always hungry.

You’ll never win anything with kids.

What I don’t do – and this is the only thing I do differently in writing for kids – is that I don’t revel in the gory details.