I'm Too Young To Play Lawyers. But

I Love Texas. Even If I Am A Little Bit Famous Or A Little Bit Popular... You Go To Places Where You're Not And Just Live Like Everybody Else Lives. I'm Not Crazy About This Country In Terms Of The Shape It's In, But I Do Think There Are Lots Of Great Pieces To Go To. I Think I Should Take Advantage Of It While This Country Still Exists.

In Retrospect, I Went To Jane Fonda For Literally Everything. During Mermaids, We Were Staying In The Same Building, So She Was Right Upstairs From Me. I Was In My First Relationship, So I Got All Sorts Of Advice. She Became Famous In Her Late Teens.

A Lot Of Filmmakers And Actors Say, "it's So Important To Bring An Authenticity To The Role," Blah, Blah, Blah. But Then It's Interesting Because You're Also Trying To Be Somebody Else, And Viewers Are Going To Associate You With That, So I Don't Think It Really Has An Answer.

As An Actress, You Go Where The Stories Are. I Don't Really Care Where It's Seen, At This Point. I Just Want To Tell Good Stories And Do Good Roles That I Haven't Done Before.

I Remember Realizing, When I Did Little Women [1994], That That Was The Only Time Girls That Age Were Being Written About. It Was Always Boys - From David Copperfield To Lord Of The Flies To Holden Caulfield. There Were Never Young Women Going Through Adolescence Or Teen Years; There Were Only Little Girls.