Quotes from Morgan Saylor

I'm not very good at keeping secrets.

My first proper credit was a small voice-over on an episode of 'The Sopranos' when I was, like, 11 or 12.

I'm self-conscious about a lot of things.

I don't like shoes. I get a lot of splinters, though.

One thing about New York is you can understand how you're perceived really easily if you just get on the train, by the way people look at you.

I take a few pictures a week, but the best part is waiting for my film to be developed. The suspense is exciting, and the reward is great.

There are some parts I like about school. I like math a lot, and I like physics.

I tried the Crisco, and I hated it. Hated it! I couldn't roll it out. I'm a butter girl for my pie crusts.

I get so bummed when I have to return the clothes I'm lent. It's easy to feel so special, but like Cinderella, you lose your shoes.

I'm getting more into fashion. I'm surprised that I'm getting into it because I was always wearing goofy stuff in high school.

I like to go swimming, and I like salty hair.

I'm trying to be more put-together. My closets are very messy. I like Rebecca Minkoff; her clothes are casual, but cool. I love Band of Outsiders. And ASOS makes a lot of good stuff. I can get lost on their website for hours. I don't like to spend a lot of money on clothes.

I grew up kind of in the country, in western Georgia. And then I moved a lot closer to Atlanta, and I started doing plays, and when I started doing film, I think I really started to love it.

I was never good at that Disney/Nickelodeon kind of acting. It's not really my cup of tea.

I'm not good at Disney acting. I'm really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don't mind. I don't know. I look back, and I'm kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, 'What if I had gone that route?'

I understood the feeling of being 17 and living with your parents somewhere, and then being 18 and living in New York and having a city at your disposal.

'Homeland' does have that ability to tear the rug out from under you.

I would not openly categorize myself as a sullen teenager, but that kind of role comes more easier to me than a bright, perky thing.

Everything you're doing is a chance at an opportunity, so why not give it your fullest and try?

I think it's cool to provoke something in people.

I like to make pies. That's kind of my new obsession - peach, blueberry, apple, strawberry. I make a really good pumpkin pie with real pumpkin.

On an average day, I have two things to read in my purse: a book and a play.

I like pushing myself as an actor.

When I'm in New York and L.A., I get recognized a lot more.