Jena Malone (/ˈdʒiːnə məˈloʊn/; born November 21, 1984) is an American actress, musician and photographer.
And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.
For a child actor, its a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.
I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.
I tell my agent that I want to read everything.
It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.
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.
We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.
No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.
If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.
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.
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'm sort of coming of age into a different time of acting, and I feel kind of like a kid again. I used to think that I could climb anything, do anything. But I've just been like a skinny white girl my whole life.
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.
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.
You never know how things are going to fit. So, you don't count your eggs until they hatch. You can't pre-project that. I mean, this was literally like a childhood fantasy of mine, to be able to work in action. You know, growing up on Disney films like Pocahontas and wanting to enter into that, or Aladdin and how he's fighting - being your own hero, being your own heroine is like every one's dream.
Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.
I love talking about movies that mean something to me.
People soften by the forced reflection that comes with loss.
In L. A. , if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.