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1. People I get the most star-struck by are people I’ve sort of grown up with watching. So, for example, working with Debby Ryan, when I first met her, I was a bit nervous and a bit star-struck because I had grown up watching her TV shows on the Disney Channel.
2. I don’t want to play the girlfriend who’s there because she’s the girlfriend. And. That’s. Her. Job. I want to play women and girls who are active and strong and who have a character arc and make decisions and have a rich background.
3. I’ve often been told that I’m a 30-year-old trapped in a teenager’s body. I don’t know how I feel about that, but I’ll take it, I guess. I’m definitely mature, and I’m the one that takes care of everyone in my friendship group.
4. My dad worked for a theatre company that was two minutes away from my primary school, so I’d just walk there after school and watch the rehearsals. I think that’s probably when I fell in love with acting and telling stories.
5. A big way that I express myself is through what I wear and how I present myself. I think that’s an important part of the characters that I play.
6. One of the things I do struggle with is being in the present.
7. I’d like to think that, if I’m unhappy, that I would try and change things so I am happy.
8. I think it’s really important that women are represented in the media, and diverse women as well.
9. Sometimes, the best thing to do is just to sit down and listen to another person’s experience and listen how they express themselves and want to be seen by others.
10. I see certain girls get the roles that I auditioned for, and I think, ‘Oh, that’s so annoying. I should have gotten that role!’ But then I have to stop myself and actually think, ‘No, she got it for a reason. She worked hard for it, and she was right for the role.’
11. The fantastic thing about ‘Jasper Jones’ is that although it’s set in 1969, the themes are still so topical. We’re still struggling with racism and sexism and domestic violence and abuse.
12. I really miss Melbourne food; Melbourne is very snobbish about their caffe culture, and I feel like I’ve become a snob, too.
13. I’m very interested in theories in how we exist: how people exist and how souls exist separate from their bodies or their brains.
14. I have found a love for acting, but I also would like to live abroad for awhile or definitely go to college someday.
15. The variable that really boosts your performance is the actors around you.
16. Sometimes, when I watch a movie where teenagers are played by actors that are 26 years old and look perfect, it makes you wonder what story is actually being told.
17. I’ve done quite a few films that are based on books, and it’s always nerve-wracking because there’s an audience who has read and loved the book, and what if they see the movie and hate it?
18. I would like to trade places with my sister. I think that would be really interesting. She’s three years younger than me, and she’s a gymnast. She goes to gymnastics, like, every single day, and that’s a whole other world to me, and I think that would be very interesting.
19. I really enjoy drawing, and I enjoy design, fashion design especially. If acting doesn’t work out, which I hope it does, I’d probably go into design.
20. I have my friends who like me because I’m me and not because I’m in films, and that’s really important to me. They tell me, ‘You look terrible; don’t wear that,’ or ‘That joke wasn’t funny,’ and that’s really important: they keep me grounded.