Emily Meade

“I usually get cast in more dark, dramatic things, and I would love to do something more comedic.”

“I don't want fame as far as the tweeting or the image of it. But, the idea of being famous is actually exciting to me, just because then you can have a choice in what you do. I would like to be at a point where I'm not asking for parts anymore, and I'm actually just choosing between a part that I want to do.”

“I have been considerably picky for somebody who's not a movie star, and sometimes I get frustrated.”

“I don't like feeling like it's not up to me when I'm working and when I'm not. Not feeling complete freedom... that's frustrating.”

“I think teenagers at any time are testing to see how far they can go and where authority comes in.”

“Most of my good friends are my friends from high school or childhood, and they're not actors - they have 9-to-5 jobs. But I've obviously, over time, developed friendships with actors. It's two completely different worlds.”

“I like to consider myself a detective, which is how I justify my obsession with my phone. By nature, since I was a kid, I've always wanted to be a detective, and any portal to information and investigating things I have ever been given access to, I have dived into. With my phone, unfortunately, I have immediate access to everything.”

“My first love was Heath Ledger.”

“Basically I wanted to be a male comedian; those were my idols.”

“In general - especially in my youth - I was a bit wild.”

“It always feels good to be a part of something you think could actually impact human beings.”

“I think I'm slightly older than the generation that was really bred on social media - I had Facebook in high school, but I was growing up in a time where these things were relatively new, and every generation below me is growing up having every single thing they do seen. And that is kind of frightening.”

“You grow up loving movies, and your first instinct is you want to be an actor, because those are the people you see in the movies. But when you actually become an actor, you're like, 'Oh, wait, this is actually only a small portion of the storytelling. If I want to really tell a story, I'd want to be a director.'”

“The funniest thing is I never understood why actors were so shady about who they're dating. Then I realized the things you say get printed and the people you're involved with read them. That's what's tricky. Nothing goes unnoticed. I don't want to get myself in trouble!”

“Was I a fan of P!nk before 'Thanks for Sharing?' Yeah, I was.”

“I'm still stuck in the '90s in a lot of ways.”