Honestly, it’s a little interesting because one minute people picture you as the little "Spy Kid" girl, then I showed up at the Teen Choice Awards [and] they’re like, “Whoa, she’s not little anymore.” It’s just funny because I’m always going to have home movies of myself growing up because you see me in "Spy Kids" and then you see me now. It’s just a transformation. It is interesting, but it’s also kind of weird. A lot of questions I get are like, “Oh, do you think you’re losing your childhood?” I’m playing dress up every day, so I really do enjoy it.
What do you think of being a role model?
This is what I think: You put yourself in the position to be one whether you want to be a role model or not. People do look up to you. You’re in the spotlight. People are going to say things about you so you have to be ready to be a role model. It just depends on what kind of role model you want to be. That’s just what I think.
Do you get asked about having a boyfriend - and do you have one?
I have crushes. I think everybody has that. I used to like Shia [LeBeouf], but I’m back to my old crush, which is the guy from "Spy Kids 2." We’ve been best friends for a long time. Not the actor – he’s a stunt double on that.
I like plenty of guys, but you have so much time to grow up. Right now I really want to focus on what I’m doing. I have priorities. I never really get to see my family a whole lot, so I want to spend time with them a lot. Then comes my career and then comes friends or boyfriends or whatever you want to call it. But if that ever does become a situation where do I want to go public with it or whatever, honestly I don't know. I want to be able to walk hand and hand with a guy down the red carpet, but I don’t want it to be like - and nothing against Hilary Duff and Aaron Carter, whatever that situation was, but I think it’s a little overplayed and it just didn’t make her look good when she’s a better person. It kind of looks corny and I don’t want to do that.
What’s next for you?
After this, I think I’m doing another one, I don’t know yet. I can’t really say too much about it because it’s not a for sure thing. I almost want to hold off and find like a Natalie Portman role because I love her. And I want something very different. Like I just did "State’s Evidence" right before this, which is a very different film from anything I’ve ever done. I play a suicide kid and it’s a very dark and scary movie. It’s about six suicide kids but it ends up turning into the Columbine situation, because one of the kids takes it out of control. It’s very different from anything I’ve ever done. It was great because people wouldn’t ever expect me to play a character like that, and I want to surprise people. I want to keep people interested and by switching characters, that’s like, “Whoa, she went from 'Spy Kids' to doing something like that,” and then back. I want to be able to have all these different characters. And watching people such as Jodie Foster, Natalie Portman, they always keep you interested.
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