Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

My first modeling job was Gap, and my first time in front of the camera was for a Soda Pop Girls commercial - it's one of those Bratz dolls, Barbie dolls... one of those.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I love the film route and I'm gong to try my hardest to stay on it.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

The shooting of the guns, that was kind of funny, because rolling a cigarette and shooting a gun aren't like normal things for a 13-year old girl!

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

Music is a very big part of my preparation as an actor.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

There's a different energy with a female director, a female at the head of the production. I don't prefer one over the other, but they're definitely different experiences, and I would love to have more of them.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I was home-schooled.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

It's hard not to love everything Prada does.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

Singing is something I've always loved to do, and I'd never considered taking it further than the shower.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

With 'True Grit,' the language was very specific, as is Shakespeare. You couldn't really improvise, nor would you really ever have to. I never felt the need to. It was all so beautifully written, and it was all right there.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

My character in 'True Grit' would set these goals for herself that seemed near impossible, but to her they were possible. She was never going to believe anything else other than that.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I feel that for the story of 'Romeo and Juliet' to be impactful, it has to be believable, and there has to be a certain level of chemistry between the two characters.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

Every girl wishes she was Juliet in some version of their life.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I find that with period pieces, you're sort of able to really take advantage of what's around you because prop-wise, wardrobe-wise and location-wise, it's all so specific due to that time.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I feel like if you see five films not knowing who made them, you know which one is the Coen Brothers.

Hailee Steinfeld
Hailee Steinfeld

I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool.