AMY SMART

The best gift we can have is living in the present moment and really enjoying it for what it is; and, not being in our heads and getting sidetracked.

I have to say that as an actor, I really look for the role. I'm not really looking to see if it's for television or film, because there are highly talented people in both mediums.

I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.

I would love to make some kind of film about the witches and the Inquisitions. That would be really fun because I don't think their stories have been told enough.

I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.

I want to take roles that challenge me and I want to like the script and obviously feel connected with the director because the director to me is so important.

I do Pilates and yoga and try to eat healthy.

I think it's a gift to become a star, to become a celebrity.

There's so many more better TV shows than films coming out, in my opinion.

I love cooking during Christmas, all smells like the hot apple cider, the hot spiced wine.

I notoriously get the hiccups. When I get the hiccups, I get it numerous times in one day.

I would love to do a period piece - in the 18th or 17th century. To me, it would be such an incredible challenge because of the way people carried themselves. There are so many incredible stories within those centuries - just the language and the way they carried themselves and what they were going through.

I'm just kind of taking whatever life gives me and hoping that I make the right decision.

I do feel like I'm a tomboy at heart, so I have an easy time working with guys.

Well, what is acting but the study of human behavior? And that's so fascinating to me.

Growing up, I was sort of a tomboy. I was the one skating with the boys.

For me, I'm OK doing embarrassing things, when it's with somebody else. I'm not the only person to look at.

I sometimes skip meals when I travel.

I like any story that starts one place and really takes a huge journey to a whole new place; that people in their life want to take that journey. They want to be able to find things in their life that aren't working and work through them to a new place of change.

I think that as you get older, you learn to live in yourself more securely.

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully.

But I have to say, probably when I'm about 30 I'll be pretty, not settled, but happy with what I've accomplished so far. I'm happy where I am now.

Well, I'm also like 23 and playing 16. So maybe when I'm 30 I'll be playing characters in their early 20s. I don't know.

I read the script and I really liked it. It was high energy, crazy and it goes to any level to get people nuts and I thought Eve was an interesting character. At first I didn't get her, so it made me want to do the role because I wanted to dive in and see what she was about. On top of that I also wanted to work with Jason Statham because he's an amazing actor.

(UGO, about Crank) I see the addiction to video games because you want to win them and it's just hard enough so you'd want to keep playing it over and over to try to figure it out. I definitely feel the movie is like a game at times but I'm not a huge videogame lover.