• "I prefer a kiss that is so much more than just a tongue in your mouth."

• "It's more fun to think that there are other worlds."

• “Guys are kind of retarded until they're about 30.”

• “A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.”

• "There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!" - On her role in My Father the Hero

• "I'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or think I'm sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size."

• "I love changing my look. I would love, love, love to cut all my hair off into a really short, punky haircut."

• " I dated my co-star on Roswell. He played my brother, and it really upset the fans. I couldn't understand why they didn't get that we were actors playing roles."

• "My dad said that if you believe the good reviews, you have to believe the bad ones too, so I just don't read any of them."

• "A toss-up between my glasses or my TV" - on items she could never live without.

• "I don't think I've had any more or less of them because of how I look."

• "On [the Roswell] set, they drive us from our trailers to the stages in golf carts. One time I was sitting on the back of the cart, and the assistant director who was driving hit the gas pedal really fast, and I slipped off the back of it onto the ground. I just lay there for a minute or two. What are you going to do? You can't be cool about something like that."

• "I went to a really great sushi restaurant – I love sushi – with someone I was able to talk to for hours on end. And then we went back to my house, hung out on the couch and talked four more hours." - on her best date ever.

• "I was fortunate to discover so young something I’m so passionate about and something I want to spend the rest of my life doing."

• "I have always found it fascinating how much of a voice the public gives celebrities. It's just interesting to me because it's not like we did that much to deserve having so many people hanging on our every word.....I'm not quite at that level yet. But I've thought about the projects I've done and how often they are just kind of fluff, whatever, you know entertainment, and how often they actually have something to say."

• "I pick up pennies, but only if they're heads up. That's the rule."

• "I love the idea of family getting together, and I love food."

• "Doughnuts, spaghetti, whatever - I just want to eat."

• "I've thought about the projects I've done and how often they are just kind of fluff, whatever, you know entertainment, and how often they actually have something to say."

• "Maybe I should do a sex tape. I mean, hey, look what it did for Paris Hilton!"

• "It's one of those things that pretty much devastates an entire family for years and years." - on the death of her brother Jason.

• "There's long hours and all you do is stand around a lot." - on modelling.

• "The triumph of Roswell is that it takes what sounds like an SNL skit – teen UFO-crash survivors in New Mexico – and plays it straight, with an eerie, noir beauty and stately pacing rare on today's chatty dramas."