“Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming ‘Hairspray.’ It’s so weird because I grew up watching her.”

Also, when you get made fun of-when people point out your weaknesses, it’s an opportunity for you to rise above.

I love action-adventure-type films – mythical adventures like ‘Lord of the Rings’ or superhero films like ‘Batman.’

Fame is probably the most unadorable thing about acting.

I’ve always loved dogs. I grew up with them and I love working with them. They’re really fun.

I would sit down with a guitar and write 11 or 12 good songs for an album and that is gonna take a long time.

When you’re young everything feels like the end of the world, but its not; its just the beginning.

It’s the moms who are overaggressive. A lot of times their daughters are very sweet and cordial, and the moms tend to grab you and scream and want to kiss you.

The more attention you give to the paparazzi, the more it just, like, validates everything . . .

I’m more of a cringer at first and when it is years down the road and out of my way, I can actually appreciate it somehow.

It’s great when you meet a girl and three hours later you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, we’ve been talking for three hours, what happened to the time?’

From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter.

To always be respectful and polite to them, and to always lead with your heart.

You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.

I’m very specific about scripts that I like. I don’t have a master plan or, like, a game plan. I don’t have a chart that I’m following or anything like that. I’m very much playing it by ear.

You don’t know where you’re swimming to. Everything’s blurry.

I want to grow up, live my life, experience things, make movies about those experiences and by the time the audience catches up.

George Harrison: The day after the Blue Angel audition.

Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.

At this point in my career, I don’t have to deal with audition rejections. So I get my rejection from other things.

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff.

You’ve got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition’s an opportunity to have an audience.

I was in fifth grade and my teacher saw an ad in the paper and took me to the audition after school and I got the part.

My first audition was an open call and I had no picture and no resume

I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids’ homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I’m shooting next. Balance.