For a long time, I refused to wear jeans. I liked high-waisted pants, but jeans made me feel like I wasn’t being unique. Even now, I won’t wear the skinny-jeans style, because most people wear those – they have to be baggier, boyfriend-looking, or sort of like a mom jean. I’m real funny that way.
I would love to work with Marion Cotillard and my sister! I’ve never worked with Dakota before in a movie. It’d be so cool to be on screen interacting with each other one day. It will happen, I’m just not sure when.
I was 12 when I did ‘Super 8,’ and when Dakota was 12, she did ‘War of the Worlds.’ Steven Spielberg was involved with both movies, so we both worked with Steven when we were 12.
I sort of make believe. That’s why I like acting. You can create or imagine anything.
I have a sliding glass door on my closet, and when I slide it one way I can see all my uniforms, and the other way is all my own clothes.
I like Jodie Foster and then Meryl Streep. They’re just, like, the greatest ever.
I feel like with every character, you try to put yourself in that person’s position and just completely use your imagination. That’s what I do, at least. Everything is just pretend.
What’s the best part of a movie? I love to know what my name is. It’s just so fun. That’s the first thing I ask. It’s just fun because you have a different name in every movie.
I remember the first time Dakota asked me for fashion advice about what to put with what. I was like, My big sister is asking me?
If people say “no” to you and it’s something you really want to do, keep going and you’ll succeed.
But it’s cool working with female directors because I’m a girl, so you do relate to them more. You can talk to them about other stuff like clothes and all that.
I like mixing things. I wear a lot of boots. Love boots. And then jeans, but I like to wear them with a really ruffly top. Or I love high-waisted anything.
I mean, it’s amazing that I get to meet all these people. I’ve learned so much from all of them. I just worked with Sofia Coppola and that was amazing. I learned so much from her. I can’t even describe how much fun I had.
I love fashion! I love clothes!
Dakota Fanning is my favorite actress.
It’s cool because, as you get older, you get offered older parts. You’re older, so you can’t play 10 anymore. That was always very exciting for me.
I can’t really remember my life without movies.
I do after-school ballet and also hip-hop and jazz.
I like necklaces that are short, the way skateboarders used to wear them in the seventies.
I like playing characters with as many emotions as possible. I’d love to play a really crazy person – someone truly out of her mind.