Hailee Steinfeld Quotes

"My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that."

"Music is a very big part of my preparation as an actor."

"'When Marnie Was There' was the first animated film I've ever done."

"I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started."

"I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool."

"Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself."

"The one thing I loved so much about making 'Pitch Perfect 2' - especially in comparison to a movie like 'Ten Thousand Saints' - is you can go and be yourself, and you just know that all your weirdness and craziness and imperfections are completely embraced and accepted."

"My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared."

"Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures."

"It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are."

"The idea of revenge coming from a 14-year-old girl isn't, you know, exactly right."

"Everything I do now is a first."

"I was just another girl."

"Facebook is my life."

"My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages."

"My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls... one of those."

"I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it."

"The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!"

"When I was 13, I looked like I could play 16, and I wasn't mature enough to play 16."

"There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them."

"I was home-schooled."

"It's hard not to love everything Prada does."

"Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower."

"I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book."

"With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there."

"When 'Romeo and Juliet' came along, I fell in love with the way that it was written and how innocent and vulnerable it was and how different it was from 'True Grit.' I really liked that."

"I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters."

"Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends."

"I really love all types of music. I'm really open to that. I really love Bruno Mars, Justin Timberlake and some James Taylor and Elton John stuff."

"Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life."