Quotes from Maya Hawke

When I heard the BBC was making 'Little Women,' I rushed to audition.

I've always been kind of a voyeur.

I think success is when the way you talk about who you want to be and what you want to do lines up with who you are and what you do. I guess, by that, I mean I think success is practicing what you preach.

I really enjoyed shooting in Ireland. The people are so lovely. I hope I don't offend anyone in saying this, but the nature reminded me of Americans: everyone was warm and open and easy to talk to. And Ireland is so beautiful and lusciously green.

The truth is, I have made very few public appearances, and when I have, my parents have been very careful to allow me to have my own experience.

My family is really supportive. We fight, and we talk, and we lie, and we tell the truth - not usually in that order - and I really enjoy growing with them and fostering that dynamic.

I have a wonderful, supportive relationship with my family. I get lots of advice from them about all kinds of things.

I'm not super aware of what's the coolest thing and what everybody's doing or listening to or watching at any given time.

I love my family. We have a very rich, complicated relationship.

When you're growing up with a learning disability, it shoots your confidence and belief in what you can accomplish academically; it really damages it.

If I changed my name, everyone would have just known that I changed my name. If I had been anonymous, it would have felt pretentious. It would seem like I'm trying to dodge something. I love my family and have such respect for their work, for their career and talents, and I'm very proud to be connected with them.

I do care a lot about what I wear, but in a way that is about comfort and practicality, and I always want to look like me.

If I wanted to do the same thing every day, I would have gone into a different profession.

I haven't always known I wanted to act. I wanted to be a farmer, an English professor, or an archaeologist.

Your whole childhood is just absent of choices. And then you become an adult, and every choice you make, you open some doors and close others.

As an actor on a film, you have no control over the final product - your job is to make a director's vision come true. So, you need to have total faith in them and add your own creativity and opinions and energy, but you have to really give over responsibility, and sometimes that can feel terrifying.

In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye.

I'm not interested in hiding from the fact that my parents are actors. I'm proud of them! It's very ordinary to pursue a career that your parents do, but when it's in the public eye, it becomes a complicated thing.

In my living room, I was always playing guitar and writing songs and singing them. My dad and I would always sing together - only for friends and family, but always since I was a little girl.

It can't be articulated enough, that feminism means the desire to have equality between men and women. I believe that, and I act on those beliefs by going to marches and making a difference where I can.

Reminding myself that listening is just as important a creative act as thinking is key for me.

I was diagnosed with dyslexia in third grade and had gone to a special school for it and then left the school. I'd learned to read and write, but it was still a real struggle for me, as it is to this day.

I was given a new coat as a high school graduation gift.

I've been sitting at the grown-ups' table my whole life.