in 2001, she worked steadily as an actress until finding fame in 2004 with starring roles in teen comedy Mean Girls
and romantic drama The Notebook
. In 2005, she appeared in romantic comedy Wedding Crashers
, thriller Red Eye
and family drama The Family Stone
and was hailed by the media as "the next Julia Roberts
". However, she withdrew from public life in 2006 and 2007.
A friend of mine had this great theory about the Teletubbies|Teletubbies, that it's preparing us for being mindless. And getting us ready for living in an underground world. When they build the underground world because we can no longer breathe the air that it will look like Teletubbie land.
As strange as movie making is, doing love scenes for the first time with someone you've never even said hello to does work in terms of having a fresh quality to a relationship.
I don't know, I like to go on really different types of dates. Going someplace new or some new part of the city, something that's not your average thing. Something where you just go have an adventure together.
I guess you have to be really open to your acting partners and believe in the story.
I have a certain curiosity for life that drives me and propels me forward.
I once made a - it was supposed to be a 30 minute - bean salad that took me like 6 hours.
I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity.
I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.