Quotations and Poems

* “I’m a a very adventurous person who loves the out doors and loves to try new thing and [I]love to shop…. A LOT!”

* “(On filming “Friday Night Lights”) Um, it’s definitely a different experience. We have three cameras going at all times. You never know where you’re supposed to look. I’ll turn around a lot and like look straight into a camera and be like “darn it”! But, um, the pilot was really awesome. It was a month in Austin. I got to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel, which was pretty sweet. It’s very different, it really is. There’s no rehearsing, there’s no you hitting your marks. It’s all just kind of “Okay, so here’s your lines, and play with them and have fun.””

* “(On her favorite TV show) My guilty pleasure would have to be “The O.C.”. I’ll watch a full season in like, three days straight.”

* “(On co-star Zach Gilford) I love Zach Gilford, he is awesome. He’s a great actor and he’s just cool to hang out with all the time. He’s like my big brother, he watches out for me and takes care of me. So, it’s all good.”

* “(On landing her role on “Friday Night Lights”) The audition process, it was kind of interesting because on the break-downs it was written that it was like “must be 18 and over, must do this, must do that”. And I was like, “I’m not 18 and over, blah blah blah, I’m not emancipated.” I was just kind of going into the audition for my agent to make him happy. And I went into the audition, I did my thing, and ended up with four callbacks, and then I ended up landing the job, which is pretty sweet.”

* “(On how she got into acting) I was probably around four or five when I really wanted to start acting and my mom was totally against it. She’s like, “No, no, no, we’re not going to do that. We’re going to put you in sports.” So I played sports for five or six years; baseball and basketball. And then these people called my house for an acting class and I was like, “Mom, please, please!” and she’s like, “Okay, you can take a few classes but you’re not allowed to be in the business.” I was like, “Okay, whatever.” So, I was about ten, and then I got an agent from there and I started going out on auditions and it just kind of all fell in my lap. So, it’s quite exciting.”

* “(On filming in Texas) It’s kind of isolating, it is. But I think if we were in LA I think the show would definitely not be as good. Number one, because we’re not shooting in Texas and wouldn’t be all on location. But number two, it just, it really gives the cast time to bond with each other and really get to know each other rather than just going off and doing their thing and then showing up to work.”

* “(On being a spokeswoman for YMI Jeanswear) YMI is a brand I feel I can really relate to. Their jeans are fashionable, fit great and appeal to teens like me.”

* “I had never even heard of Peter Berg before the second audition, and he was there, and I had learned all my lines and I was excited, and then he was like, “So, what really pisses you off these days?”. And I was like, “Um, excuse me?”. He’s like, “What gets under your skin and pisses you of?”. And I’m like, “Uh, gas prices.” Everybody can relate to gas prices.”

* “(On her career goals)I want to do a horror film where I either get to kill somebody or be killed. That’s definitely on my top priorities.”

* “(On playing Julie Taylor on “Friday Night Lights”) I can just relate to Julie a lot. And it’s not just about being a coach’s daughter, it’s about being a teenager in general and just going through the struggles of a normal teenager.”