Females want other females to be really strong, so there are a whole lot of scripts that are basically just male parts renamed as a girl.

This weird thing happens when you're in a movie that has some level of success. People start offering you all kinds of things, and they just expect you to do them because they'll be good for your career. It's not about the project's integrity or anything like that.

I've actually always been interested in following a character more long term, but the only place to really do that as an actor is on a TV series.

I'm really proud of Twilight. I think it's a good movie. It was hard to do, and I think it turned out pretty good. But I don't take much credit for it. So when you show up at these places, and there's literally like a thousand girls and they're all screaming your name, you're like, why? You don't feel like you deserve it.

Because of my faith and my imagination, I was able to enjoy my childhood, even though it was tough.

Reality is how we interpret it. Imagination and volition play a part in that interpretation. Which means that all reality is to some extent a fiction.

When I was younger and obsessed with becoming an artist, the hospital was my New York loft apartment. I would move the furniture around to create space on the floor, throw down some sheets and indulge in any form of art that I could get my hands on.

In your imagination, you can perfect things in a way you can't do in your everyday life.