Quotes from Kiernan Shipka

Friendships are this fun team. You get to have partners in crime.

I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio.

I'm a big fan of L.A.

I've been playing since I was 5, but I wouldn't say that I'm serious about the piano.

My style is constantly changing.

If I could have any superpower, I would want hyper-intelligence.

Chipotle never lets me down. I feel like, in the middle of nowhere, Chipotle is still there, and my burrito bowl is still going to sustain me. So Chipotle, for convenience and reliability.

Young people deserve to be portrayed with depth.

The characters I've always been drawn to are real and flawed. That's not how women have always been portrayed.

I'm a 'Harry-Potter'-till-I-die kind of person. Those are the movies I grew up on. I was like, 'Why would I want to watch any other movies when there's 'Air Bud' and 'Harry Potter?'' It makes no sense why I have to expand my movie-viewing experience when I have two really wonderful films.

I don't know if I've ever screamed or cried for a band.

That's a big thing in my life: going with your gut. If something isn't lighting the fire and making you excited, or if something feels wrong or doesn't agree with you, it should be questioned. It should be talked about.

I design some of my own clothes now.

To a certain extent, I think I've tried to train myself to not dive too deep into things or get my hopes too way up, because the fear of disappointment and whatnot is only natural.

I am a huge fashion fan. It's a really cool way to express yourself.

I do listen to some music, but I don't technically have one band I'm absolutely hooked on.

Teens are being portrayed with depth because they are multidimensional, and they deserve to be portrayed as such.

I'm such a firm believer that everyone should see themselves in a character, and everyone should feel represented.

I am always texting!

I'm such a theater geek.

I really had the best time on 'Mad Men.' It was a wonderful place for me, because I never went to an acting school or anything like that, so 'Mad Men' was kind of my training.

I do lots of activities. I hang out with friends.

I always try to read at night, because it gets me kind of tired.

I really love playing a character that's a little younger than me, to be honest. Because even if it's just three years, I can bring perspective into it.