“You don’t grow up in a town of 700 thinking you’re going to be an actress. I loved doing [school] plays, but it was just something to keep me busy.”

“I don’t really look like I do in any of my films.”

“There are no small jobs, only small actors. I mean, it’s such a cliché thing, but it truly is as an actor.”

“I put in a lot of hard work and I want people to realize for every job I’ve gotten, there are 50 or 60 I haven’t. People think ‘overnight success’ - it took me six years to have this overnight success”

“I’d feel like a fool in a hat and sunglasses” [on hoping to never be recognized on the streets]

“Fame is not something that worries me. If it happens, then the only thing I can do is deal with it. Right now I’m focused on my growth as an actress. I think more people are thinking about fame for me than I am thinking about it myself.”