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“I watched horror films growing up, and I would love watching them with friends. But then, I would spend the next week sleeping in my parents' room because I would be so scared.”
“I personally think montages are one of movies' great gifts to everyone. I think they're so much fun and so effective when done right.”
“'Happy Death Day' had so many things that, at the time, we were like, Oh no, no, no, no! that ended up being brilliant, so I knew it was special to me.”
“I love 'The Princess Bride.' That is a movie that, no matter how I'm feeling, I can turn it on and it makes me feel good.”
“The '80s are amazing.”
“I took ballet when I was eight, like a lot of other people.”
“This business can be so fickle, and a lot of times, hard work isn't enough.”
“I remember the first scary movie I ever watched was 'Scream,' and I watched it at a sleepover.”
“When you think about the OG scream queens and all of the incredible women who have really defined this genre, such as Jamie Lee Curtis, they are all so talented and so multidimensional.”
“I love down-and-dirty and grit. But I do think that my favorite dramas are ones that are dark comedies because I think that the only way the audience and the actor can really go as dark and deep as you may want to go is if there's some levity added to it.”
“I love movie musicals because I think there is an amount of emotional honesty that's needed to portray someone who feels so deeply that all they can do is break into song.”
“The first time I ever saw a horror movie, I think I was in middle school, and we watched 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'It' at a slumber party.”
“I loved rom-coms growing up. So, of course I wanted to be in one and be the girl that I had watched up on the screen so many times when I was 13.”
“I would love to play a Bond Girl one day, but I'd also love to work on a project as challenging and heartfelt as 'Room.'”
“I would love to play a sociopath or, like, an unreliable narrator.”
“It's very rare to watch a movie and think, 'That's the movie we shot!' So many things happen, with edits and things getting cut out.”
“Running with your hands behind your back is so hard.”
“I grew up loving, like, 'Pretty Woman,' 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' - which is one of my favorites - 'Head Over Heels.'”
“I think it's very important for young women, young people and older people as well, to know that love is important, but it's also important to find a partner who respects you and loves you the way you deserve to be treated.”
“Every person I work with, I learn something from.”