Quotes from Alexandra Daddario

I'm not afraid of falling and getting up the next day with a few bumps and bruises.

When you're with another actor who's also been through five hours of prosthetic makeup, and you're eating another person's neck, and fake blood is being spurted out at you for two minutes, it's incredibly fun, and you're in character for that time. You can't really believe that that's your job.

I've really fought to get into rooms, and I'm a big believer in auditioning. It's hard, because I'm insecure, but I have an intense desire to prove myself to people.

I'm very into fantasy films.

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

To be an actress and act crazy is really fun for me, to be able to be acting like you'd never be able to act in your real life and scream and freak out. It's an interesting test for an actor.

I try to write my own music. It's a good way of de-stressing.

I'm a huge fan of Steve Martin. He's hilarious, but he has this depth to him and this way of dealing with the difficult things in life with a sense of humor that I think has helped me as an actress.

Following your heart and working really, really hard is the best thing you can do, and just try not to be too hard on yourself.

Now that I have a dog, I frequently have to take him out and get some exercise, which also gets me exercise.

I get really frightened easily.

I wasn't all that familiar with the 'Texas Chainsaw' franchise, and I knew who Leatherface was, but I had never seen any of the films, so I didn't know what the meaning behind it was.

I had done a lot of running in 'Texas Chainsaw' and sword-fighting in 'Percy Jackson,' which taught me to fall properly.

I love my rabbit, my family rabbit.

I really like Rag & Bone because they make simple pieces that last.

I'm pretty consistently fit because I think it's an important part of my work, but I will ramp it up just because I have been enjoying myself a little bit too much.

For my first acting gig, I was a hand model for a Barbie commercial that was only going to air in Asia. And I was constantly trying to get my face in the shot.

I'm really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

It made me feel cooler in real life to know I could be The Rock's daughter.

Horror films are very effective to me; they have an impact on me. I think that real life things scare me a lot more.

I've gotten to the point where I've gotten comfortable with my awkwardness.

Any time you do a movie there are going to be war wounds that you end up getting.

I'm a huge fan of Bill Macy, so working with him in any capacity was exciting for me.

I took Meisner for a long time. I use a lot of sense memory and, well, I wouldn't say Method, but I can't really avoid getting into character.