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Jena Malone
American
Actress
About the author
A Christian high school is just like any other high school in the sense of the politics and all of these levels of who's cool and what to wear.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Sense
#School
#Politics
#Christian
I think sleep's really important. I value it as much as waking up and having a full day.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Day
#Value
#Sleep
#Waking
When I'm not working, I definitely I like waking up at noon.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Waking
There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Life
#Youth
#Adulthood
Some locations are so terrible, you can't even breathe, and you still have to act.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Act
No matter who the characters are, you can strip them down and find small universal truths.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Life
#Decisions
#Perspective
In L.A., if you're an actor, your personal and professional lives are too intertwined.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Actor
If we could all just laugh at ourselves, in hard times or good times, it would be an incredible world.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#World
I used to want to be a children's writer, because I would have all these great ideas when I was little, and I'd write them and draw them, and turn them into class.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Want
#Children
#Ideas
#Writer
#Class
We are all searching for some form of family or foundation - for a place we can feel safe and secure.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Family
I tell my agent that I want to read everything.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Want
I love talking about movies that mean something to me.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Love
#Movies
#Talking
For a child actor, it's a matter of listening, reacting, and being able to put yourself in a new place without being scared.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Being
#Actor
#Listening
But I've really learned you don't have to fit in. No matter where you go, you're always going to be you and if they don't like you for who you are, then what's the point of being someone else?
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Being
Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Belief
And I love writing; I've been writing ever since I was seven.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Love
#Writing
Advice is such a tricky thing when you're young.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Advice
A lot of the powerful religious leaders, from Jesus to Buddha to Tibetan monks, they're really talking about the same things: love and acceptable, and the value of friendship, and respecting yourself so you can respect others.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Love
#Respect
#Leaders
#Value
#Talking
#Friendship
#Religious
Adolescence isn't just about prom or wearing sparkly dresses.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Adolescence
I think it's an individual thing. Your mountains are my molehills.
Jena Malone,
American
Actress
#Mountains