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Everybody gets lonely.
I love both of my parents.
I like pushing myself as an actor.
I like being mysterious as an actress.
I'm self-conscious about a lot of things.
I like to go swimming, and I like salty hair.
I think it's cool to provoke something in people.
Even the creative things feel mathematic, almost.
I like records. My favorite is Simon and Garfunkel.
When I'm in New York and L.A., I get recognized a lot more.
I make notebooks for characters, and it kind of becomes a bible.
'Homeland' does have that ability to tear the rug out from under you.
On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play.
There are some parts I like about school. I like math a lot, and I like physics.
I really do like working very closely with a director and developing characters.
I've made a few independent films now and a few movies with Disney, and I've done TV.
I like making people feel things. Acting doesn't seem like lying but like storytelling.
I learned a lot from Cherry Jones, from the questions she asked and the opinions she had.
I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea.
Everything you're doing is a chance at an opportunity, so why not give it your fullest and try?
I do use FaceTime because I'm frequently isolated from friends and my boyfriend, so I get that.
I really love independent films. There's something so determined about the people who work on them.
My first proper credit was a small voice-over on an episode of 'The Sopranos' when I was, like, 11 or 12.
It's hard to do things like auditions, because you don't want to put weeks of work into just an audition.
I tried the Crisco, and I hated it. Hated it! I couldn't roll it out. I'm a butter girl for my pie crusts.
I find it really weird that sexuality is still so taboo in films and violence isn't. It really bewilders me.
There's something to be said about being able to be retrospective about a certain age as opposed to just in it.
'Homeland' is intense, and I think it would be a hard show to watch if it were intense for 60 straight minutes.
The person I've worked with most is Morena Baccarin, and from her, I've learned to stand up for your character.
I'm very good at living out of a suitcase. I love dressing up every morning. It feels like a costume, in some ways.
It's so insane to me that this is my actual job, that I get to come to set and do what I enjoy doing and get paid for it.
I'm getting more into fashion. I'm surprised that I'm getting into it because I was always wearing goofy stuff in high school.
I get so bummed when I have to return the clothes I'm lent. It's easy to feel so special, but like Cinderella, you lose your shoes.
I would not openly categorize myself as a sullen teenager, but that kind of role comes more easier to me than a bright, perky thing.
I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great.
One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you.
I like to make pies. Thats kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin.
I like to make pies. That's kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin.
I think that's okay and that is part of growing up and that is good, to learn that the world isn't always your oyster or isn't everybody's oyster.
As I've started school I have a student-feeling wardrobe and then because I travel a lot, things feel very different for different places and days.
I understood the feeling of being 17 and living with your parents somewhere, and then being 18 and living in New York and having a city at your disposal.
I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started Homeland.
I did some theatre. I had some smaller roles in a couple TV shows and films. I used to think I did a lot of acting, but my 'career' started when I started 'Homeland'.
I learned to understand the distance a character can be from yourself and how important rehearsal can be to creating a person that feels like a person that isn't you.
I can express the brooding part of myself on-screen. It's kind of fun to get to do the bratty things I really wouldn't do. And then I get to go back to my regular life.
One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you. But there's still an anonymity in it.
When I went to prom, I was in a group picture, and a parent zoomed in and took the picture of only me. I was weirded out, and later he was like, 'Sorry, I was sending that to my sister.'
Gun violence is almost promoted onscreen in these huge blockbusters and then sex is still so shocking. But I also can understand that people find it uncomfortable, which I think is cool.
I do a lot of vintage, of course, but I really feel so particular about clothing. I think it stems from acting, like if I'm not wearing the proper shoes for a character I feel totally off.
I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it.