Quotes from Alexa Vega

Coming into high school, it's scary. You don't know which group to be in, and I can't stand that it's so cliquey.

Don't get me wrong, I'm going to play the young role as long as I can because once that ship has sailed, there's no getting back on it.

There will always be someone being picked on at school, and it's not going to go away.

If a script comes together, and you end up liking the people who are part of it, that's when you can make magic happen. It's a huge combination of trying to find something you think you can deliver on and a director you think you can collaborate with to make a good picture.

When a casting agent sees me, he kind of knows what he's getting.

Well, because I'm naturally a tomboy, when I have sleepovers with girls, they end up going home and crying.

I think it really makes a difference when you know the people that you're working with, when you develop a relationship.

I consider my mom and all my sisters my friends.

I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again.

Guys are so easygoing and girls are a little harder to please, but that's okay.

Never compromise yourself.

I get to play characters that kind of shock people and I enjoy doing that. I like characters that have meaning and get people in the heart. I want to be able to get people to cry or make people angry or sad.

I just feel so sexy when I'm salsa dancing and wearing the salsa clothes. I love dancing, and the salsa is just so sexy.

I think it really makes a difference when you know the people that you're working with, when you develop a relationship.

I think I am too old to be doing teen movies. I am just kind of annoyed, because you have all these teen movies coming out with usually either Lindsay Lohan or Hilary Duff doing four of the exact teen movies over and over again.

I'd like to go to NYU business school and then go on to film school.

I actually have a stash of wigs for Halloween. But only for that. Not to play dress-up.

I really wanted to pursue music, but all those other girls are doing it and it is annoying.

I've been through a marriage, and I'm still very fond of my ex-husband; but if I've learned anything, it's that relationships are about compromise.

You always hear these stories of people who grew up in Hollywood, and they're like, 'We lost our childhood.' But I was very fortunate.

Having to go back and forth between school and filming would sometimes be frustrating because I loved school. It was my chance to be around other people my age. But when you're leaving school to go to a set that's filled with kids your age, then it's fine.

People are expecting me to still be fourteen years old. It cracks me up, especially when people see me walk by with my husband. They're like, 'What? You're married? You're not old enough to be married.' Thank you. I'm glad that you think that.

I really look up to actors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett who have a strong background in theatre.

The Internet has become a tool to pick on people and ruin someone's life. I don't think parents realize what's going on.