"Hopefully that should mean that the days of playing "the girlfriend" are over. Unless, of course, the part is as Brad Pitt's girlfriend. If there's an opening for that, then I'm in."
"The most hurt I got is the scene where Matt and I were paddling out on our first time together and his board slammed down on my head when I came out of a duck dive. It slammed down so hard on my head that I got knocked out and had to be taken to the hospital. That was the scariest."
"We lived together. Michelle and Sanoe are two of my greatest friends for life now. We clicked like I've never clicked with anybody before. We were very lucky because it could have been a disaster, that's for sure (laughing). I love them, I really do. "
"I was very sold on education. That’s really, really important to me and I think important to a lot of young people. The dean sent me a letter and he recommended deferring. Deferring kind of gives you that well-roundedness. So when you go to college, you want to go to learn and not just party. I know I’ll go to take advantage of the resources there. The hardest letter for me to write was to ask for another year of deferment. I was like, please don’t kill me. I want to go to your school. Timing is everything. That couple of days waiting for the letter back was the longest wait I’ve had. He was like go for it. Live your dreams. So I’m forever in debt to Princeton. I think they’re great."
"I’m not very good on computers but I think they’re amazing. I like a shopping site but I’ll never do it again. It’s like, did I spend that much money? It’s all hypothetical until you actually get the bills. I spent like a couple of thousand. It’s stupid because I got a pair of shoes and a tee-shirt and it’s like five thousand dollars. My God."
"In my life, my mom is my best friend. She is the one who really listens to me, is always there. I had to imagine how terrifying it would be to live without her to really understand Anne Marie, living with that fear. What Anne Marie and I have in common is our strength, the fact that it takes a lot to break us and I can say I get that strength from my mom. So I came from that… of trying to live without that support in my life and be there for someone else as well."
"Surfing was, by far, the most difficult sport I’ve ever tried. I’ve heard that it has the slowest and steepest learning curve of any sport, and I believe it, 100 percent. But it is also the most rewarding, when you catch your first wave and you feel what it’s like to ride raw nature and capture it just for a moment—it’s like no other. It’s like you’re flying. "
"Everybody makes mistakes, including role models, so you should just learn and grow from it. Even the best role models do screw up and learn from their mistakes, and I think it is just completely unrealistic to say that role models are perfect. Personally, I think perfection is boring, and secondly, I just think that it’s okay to make mistakes."
"I think probably trying to please too many people. Sometimes I get so caught up in making other people happy that I just sort of forget about making MYSELF happy and you obviously need to make yourself happy."
"It was weird. I AM 19 and the only child, but I’m also an open person and very honest. I won’t sugar coat anything for my parents. I told them that this is the way it is and the story I’m telling is important to me. I’m lucky because they are so open and non-judgemental, which is great so I can be myself."
"I guess it would have to be, honestly, cracking the books, because I'm going to Princeton. I got sent the books already and I have to start reading them sometime." - Her New Year's Resolution of 2003
"I lived with the two other girls, with Sanoe and Michelle. And I would say that what's kind of neat about the three of us is that we're such dorks. We're such dorks. Michelle walks up, she's like, "Hey girl, how you livin'?" And then trips and falls. And I'm like "That's why I love you, Michelle." That's why I love her, 'cause she has that balance. And she carries it off."
"There are girls, people in the industry who just kind of flip through magazines and pick out guys, like, 'I'm gonna date him.' I could never do that. I dont think being set up works. I'm big into fate."
"Just being comfortable in my own skin, and with the body that I have, was nice."
"I'm totally in love with what I do but it's not the only thing that fulfils me. I mean, I'd love to be enriched by going to university and having that experience in learning. It's a great life experience."
"I love my Ugg boots. I live in them, I'm a huge comfort person."
"Well, if I'm going out, I love soft, flowing dresses. If it's for daytime, I like to wear jeans or a nice pair of cargo pants and a tank."
"I'm always all over the place doing all kinds of things, so I always say it's good to have a good tinted lip gloss in your bag at all times. You can use it on your cheeks and your eyes in addition to your lips. Actually, if you have to, you can use it on your eyelashes in place of mascara and get away with it. I love to use Rosebud Salve ."
"The best thing about being an actor is you get to meet people."
"When the wave comes, you sort of just feel it ... when you should stand and ... pull back. I think a lot of it has to do with your position on the board. Not too far forward, not too far back and, for me, bending my knees. If you bend your knees, it's easier to last."
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