QUVENZHANE WALLIS

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

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

My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person.

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 get to meet different directors and different people.

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

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

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.

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

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

I loved experiencing city life in New York.

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

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

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

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.

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was.

I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do.

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.

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

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

I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up.

I would read all day if I could.

I want to just be what kids believe in.

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.