I don't like to mix my personal and professional life. Both are different, and I don't mix it.

When it comes to scripts, I take a critical look at them and then sound it off with Dad.

Dad has been my guiding force. Whenever I am confused about choosing a script, I discuss it with him. However, I have said 'no' to scripts he agreed to, while he has said 'yes,' too, for scripts I have turned down. We have this mutual understanding that works between us.

I learn everything with my every film. If we stop learning, we would stop growing as an actor.

The most surprising thing for my mother and father was when I was actually earning more money than them by the time I was about 18. They thought I was going to be the ne'er do well, who they'd have to keep worrying about.

It's really good to have so distinctive a name as an actress. No one ever forgets it. My sister and brother are called Perdita and Rollo. Actually, my family calls me 'Hollyhocks.'

Animation films are about entertainment and about fun for the whole family, and if you went too far down a dark path, it's not what people, I think, expect from a great animated film.

I haven't met one parent or one teacher in Missouri who thinks we should balance the budget by taking money from kids' classrooms.