Quotes from Quvenzhane Wallis

The thing that 'Annie' means to me is that it is good to always be strong, and if you have a goal, go for it, and if there is something in your way, just go around and find your path again, and go for your goal.

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively!

Brave men don't learn from their home.

As soon as I get home, all I want to eat is seafood.

I love all the Pixar movies, and I like 'Happy Feet Two.' 'Cause it has a lot of babies.

My favorite animal is a polar bear. They're going extinct, and I really don't want that to happen.

When I need to cry, I think of very sad things, mostly about animals.

I get to meet different directors and different people.

I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive.

I loved experiencing city life in New York.

If I have to be fierce, I'll be fierce.

I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company.

[Answering the question 'If you had caused the end of the world, what would you do?'] I would try to fix it. I would go to bed on time and brush my teeth.

Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun.

I work with my acting coach to help me get into character and do pronunciation drills and tongue twisters to help me deliver lines.

I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious.

I would read all day if I could.

It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.

I want to just be what kids believe in.

Doing the long lines - it looks easy when actresses do it: they just say it straight up, looks like they do nothing wrong, they just keep going, but it's not like that.

I envision the script as a story in my mind, memorize the entire thing and have it play out. It helps me figure out where my character needs to go.

Of course, when strangers see me, they're star-struck because of who I am, but my friends take me as a friend because I'm their friend - not because I'm a movie star.

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

If you are a 5-year-old, you just go ahead and try something. You don't think about it. You are just a little kid.