Jena Malone Quotations

If they made 'Pride & Prejudice 2,' Lydia would become more of a tragic figure,

But Lydia is the type of girl who will make things happen. If she has to go live with her sister Lizzie and Darcy, she'll just show up on their doorstep. She's a feisty little monkey.

It wasn't worth sifting through such excessive b.s., ... I tried to fit in and put on makeup and pretty dresses, but I always felt like a weirdo.

For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

I was 19, and I didn't feel I'd be able to be 15-year-old Lydia, ... But I found her through this very particular giggle. It just came from nowhere, and it took over.

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

If you took Lydia out of 'Pride and Prejudice' and put her into today, she'd be one of the popular girls,

A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.

I love talking about movies that mean something to me.

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?

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

A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.

Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.

It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

People soften by the forced reflection that comes with loss.

There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.

Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.

I tell my agent that I want to read everything.

I think everyone should follow their instincts, and go with what they feel, and follow their heart.

I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.

For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.

Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.

We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.

When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.

I think it's an individual thing. Your mountains are my molehills.

There's so much more (to say) about being young and being a woman, but I feel like not a lot of those stories are being told, so you have to grab onto what ever small truths you can find and present it in the most honest way you can.

No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.

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

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.

If you put the right things into the universe, the right things will come to you.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.