BILLIE LOURD

Cooking is a dangerous thing for me. I'm pretty inept in the kitchen.

If life's not funny, then it's just true - and that would be unacceptable.

It's been so great being on 'American Horror Story' and 'Scream Queens' because there were some days when I didn't work, and I would spend my time shadowing directors.

I want my mom on 'Scream Queens'. She could play someone who is convinced she's Princess Leila. That could be her disease, and then as a plot twist, we could find out that she actually is Princess Leila.

'Star Wars' is my heart. I love it.

She raised me to not think of men and women as different. She raised me without gender. It's kind of the reason she named me Billie. It's not about being a strong woman - it's about being a strong person.

I am a Southern girl at heart, so I have a pulled pork sandwich and Key lime pie every day. It's a problem.

The great thing about women directors is that they're not only involved in the performances - they can gauge where we all are personally and know how to direct us better because of that.

'Scream Queens' was so much fun, kind of like a big sorority. And 'American Horror Story' is very serious, like a really hip family of middle-aged women. The deaths were fun on 'Scream Queens'; the deaths on 'Horror Story' are very real and intense, and you have to be emotionally prepped for them.

My mom made me watch 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was about 7 years old. When I was younger, I hated action movies and pretty much anything loud. So when she put it on, I covered my ears and ran out of the room.

I went to NYU, and my parents had a rule that I needed to major in something other than acting if I wanted to pursue acting after college.

I always love trying new and different things.

I am not a big horror freak. I'm a bit of a scaredy-cat in general. I can't handle scary movies unless I am at home with the lights on and the doors locked or it is in the morning.

It's good to be authentic, to help other people, but if it's not helping other people, then don't do it.

I always wanted siblings.

I love an iconic hairstyle.

When I first started acting, everyone in my family did not want me to act.

I don't know if I would play a woman in space in a bikini.

It's always fun to take risks.

I was at Wesleyan first. I was there for a semester because I wanted that traditional college vibe. But when I got there, people would do normal college things, and I was like, 'I can't be here. This is a nightmare.'

I'm obsessed with Norah Jones and Amy Winehouse, Etta James. I'm really into blues and R&B type of stuff, '90s hip-hop; that's my jam.

I'm such a caretaker.

I'm living the dream right now.

I went to performing arts camp, secretly taking classes - I got the lead in the musical, and my dad was like, 'Wait, I thought you were going here for music and knitting'.

My whole life, they said, 'Do not act. You need to get a college degree'.