“Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.” — Jena Malone

In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.

But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?

I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.

And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.