I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14

There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.

My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.

For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.

I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

I like to take a character and develop it

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine

I mean, God, I'm so lucky right now with the opportunities that I've had. There's nothing to worry about

But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect

Compromise makes relationships survive.

Nothing is wrong if you walk alone .

To question is to grow.

The more lucidly we think, the more we are cut off: the more deeply we enter into reality, the less we can think.

When I meet girls, I pray that they don't know who I am. But I know that's limiting myself quite a lot.

I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.

Europe started out with six countries; three small countries and three large countries.

Clothing, hair and make-up are just reflective of how I am feeling at any given moment and that varies from day to day.

I think I'm constantly in a state of adjustment.

T'is the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone.