I am loved and accepted exactly how I am, right here and right now.
I've lived a fast-paced life, but I had the best childhood. I didn't miss out on anything by having my daughter at a young age.
I was able to grow up and do silly things and have a life with only a small amount of public scrutiny.
I want to be a science teacher. My friends asked me why, but I'm intrigued by it and I'm quite good at science at school.
I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'.
Thanks to a lot of people, not just myself, Whale Rider had an amazing impact emotionally, and people remember it. I count myself very lucky that all those doors were unlocked, I just had to open them.
It feels kind of strange knowing that I rule the whole planet of Naboo and I'm only thirteen. At first, my face—because it was really white—was a bit of a shock. But when the whole costume was put together and the headdress was put on, I really felt proud, like a Queen.
The sun's gone dim, and the moon's gone black. For I loved him, and he didn't love back.
There can be no higher enjoyment found in this world that is found in pulling souls out of the fire and bringing them to Christ.
I didn't look at it as a transition so much, because I never intended to have a career as a journalist, writing about people who make movies.
You have to also provide a video for it, look a certain way and big hair. . . If you're a woman it's even more strange with fake fingernails and corsets and all this stuff that was big in the 80s.