Born on July 24th

"In the field of mindfulness & peace, be present in this breath, for it is the only moment where life is actually happening."

"Peace is not the silence of the storm, but the calm center you maintain within yourself. As a creative innovator, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Let go of the weight of yesterday, and receive the clear canvas of this present day."

"Everyone in society should be a role model, not only for their own self-respect, but for respect from others."

"All I am doing every day is soaking in everything - I'm like a sponge, from all these award-winning directors, writers, and actors - as much as I can."

"Character-wise, I try to always switch it up. Whatever I'm doing now, I try to do the complete opposite next."

"That's really my goal, is just to be a kind person who knows how to speak their mind and get their points across."

"The first time I performed onstage was at church. Then I formed a rock cover band - Pink Floyd and Joan Jett. We'd play at birthday parties, since it wasn't exactly church material."

"You have to follow your moral compass: it's a good guide of telling you what is right and wrong."

"My mom put me into dance classes, found out that I can't dance to save my life."

"I hope to always keep stretching myself and not stay in one box or lane."

"I didn't know what a 'call sheet' meant. I'd never been out of the country before, but there I was on a ginormous set in Australia with John Boyega and thinking, 'What is going on?' He took me under his wing and broke my fear of being the new kid."

"Getting a script and being like, 'Oh, yeah, I can do this in my sleep.' Who wants to do that? So, finding something that is a real challenge and is going to take all of you, I think, is more rewarding by the end of it."

"I started dance class when I was a little kid, and then, when I turned 11, I started taking vocal lessons, guitar lessons, and piano lessons."

"I did as much theater as I could. I worked at a theme park and a Bible theater and a community theater."

"The pressure of looking a certain way and having to present yourself a certain way is hard. It's difficult to feel genuine about yourself when you feel the pressure of being a certain person."

"I want people to stay true to who they are and how they're feeling. That's the biggest rule for myself - to always be as real as I can."

"Of course I'm a huge 'Star Wars' fan."

"When I went to L.A., I had trainer there, worked on Parkour and boxing to get my body used to working out every day."

"I was on stage at a young age."

"I'm a little bit of a creep."

"I always felt like I was stupid and couldn't get anything right unless I was singing, dancing, or acting."

"I just had such a lucky experience working with incredible actors, getting to see their work ethics, their different techniques... Jeff Bridges is such a legend! Getting to watch him and see how he worked was a blessing."

"I'm very new to the fashion world, but it's such an exciting world to get into."

"I love clothing and waking up every day and figuring out what I want to say with my clothing."

"You follow what you think is right. There are lines that I won't cross."

"It's really cool to make a movie that you're excited to go see."

"Emotionally, I have no picture-book illustrated with memories of my first five years, but externally, I have impressions that possess a haunting vividness comparable only to the texture of dreams, when dreams are tumultuously alive."

"Young gentlemen with literary aspirations usually start a new university magazine, which for wit and pungency is designed to eclipse all such previous efforts, and I was no exception in the matter of this popular gambit."

"Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence."