Sydney White & The Seven Dorks
"The first time I got the script, it said "The Amanda Show" (1999) on it. "I thought they were kidding. I'm still little Amanda, and to be getting my own show, it's like, oh, my gosh"! - At Age 13
"It was my first season of "All That" (1994). Kenan Thompson and I were playing ping- pong in this scene, and we were supposed to collide heads. As we were falling down, I hit myself in the lip with the paddle. I looked down and saw a puddle of blood, and I had to be rushed to the studio hospital with a swollen lip. My friend was like, 'Don't worry, Amanda. It doesn't look too bad you know, thousands of women pay [for collagen injections] to have their lips that big".
"People don't recognize I'm getting older. They see reruns of "All That" (1994) so they assume I'm ten years old. I'm 16. I'm almost 5' 8". I'm driving now".
"I've grown up with kids watching me and as they're growing up, I'm growing up, and hopefully they can get a good message from it".
"I love to draw and I love to paint so I don't know if I'll ever do it professionally but I definitely enjoy doing that right now".
"I love and fascinated by psychology so that would be something that I would like to learn more about, so anything that would help me in my life. I am so lucky to be doing what I love, you know, for a living so I would love to learn something that would just sort of help me have my best".
"I don't feel like I've missed out because I've gotten to go back, and I've never not been in school. Whenever I'm off, I go there. I've always gotten to go for half the year, and I still have my friends. I think I got the best of both worlds. Some people may not have liked this life but for me personally it was exactly the kind of thing I wanted. I feel so happy and lucky what I get to do and I wouldn't want to change it".
"I'm the type of person who believes that everything happens for a reason, and at the time that it's supposed to. So now ... other ideas are coming up for other movies and everything is just happening really wonderfully".
"I'm a positive person. People should find happiness in the little things, like family".
"I think my parents are a big part of that because I'm still a normal kid. Like there are times I get frustrated because I want to wear certain shoes and they don't want me to wear them. It's all good in the end because I realize that there will be a time and place for high shoes".
"I want to be looked at as an adult actress. That's why I didn't want to do a big movie when I was 11. I was waiting till' I was a little bit older".
"Whatever is meant to be will be and you just have to trust that things happen for a reason. It's made handling disappointments that much easier because I just remember my mom's words and know that something better is meant to come my way".
"I'm a good person, and I don't want to undermine anyone. I don't want to make anyone look stupid. I don't talk badly about people. I just try to be a nice girl and that's the best way to stay out of it. Some people have such big egos that they have to knock people down to get ahead. And I'm just who I am, and I'm a person who's very lucky. But my life is my family and not my job. If it ever got too crazy I'd be like, Okay, I'm checkin' out now".
"I want to be known for the work I've done, as opposed to where I go on Saturday nights... I like to let loose just like anyone else, but I don't want to be photographed doing it".
"I love movies that have a good story. I love movies that make you feel good about yourself but I also love movies that make you walk away thinking about them. I like things that have, you know, something to them".
"I think I mean some people do compete. I've never been the type I've never been, you know, the cut throat type. I mean I've always had my mind set that in this business there are so many movies to make, so there's room for all of us. I mean if there was only me I'd be exhausted".
"I don't think there is necessarily a Prince Charming. I don't know if there is someone for everyone. Every person is so different and I don't think there is an exact match for every person. If you meet someone and they have 20 of the 25 things you want in a person, then you're pretty lucky".
"Going to another country you're not in your house, you're with people you've never met before, and I think it's definitely a good growing experience".
"I think as soon as you get off the plane and get in the car, the actual driving on the other side and the driver being the passenger is just weird. It seemed to give me a headache automatically".
"Before you make a statement about someone, get all the information and see everything before you make a judgment. I don't like being compared to anyone or being in a class with someone. I'm a teen actress and therefore I'm competing against Hilary Duff. We're different people like everyone else".
"I get a script and it's really interesting with scripts, because you never really know. It's paper and it could be great or awful. Even scripts that are good could end up not working".
"I don't like reading scripts because I'm everywhere, and I have such a short attention span".
"I like the dress-up part. In real life, I'm into sweats and never like that, but I do like to get dressed up - like most girls".
"The one dress I wanted to keep was the white dress. I thought if I ever get married one day, it would be a big help. Then at the end, I had to wear it for so long, it had given me bruises and it wasn't as comfortable".
"I'm the girl whose biggest nightmare would be to lose my makeup bag while travelling".
"I'm so into classic, good things. I'm really not into prints. I like solid colors - either black, white, green, pink, whatever. I'm not really into flowers".
"I like stuff that's dark, some solid stuff, jeans and clunky boots".
"People have a preconceived notion about who I am and it's interesting. It's like picking who you want to win for the Oscars and not seeing the movie".
"We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's really much more similar than anyone thinks or how we show it".
"I'm really excited about my life. You only get one and I want to enjoy it".
"I'm so protected in my Nickelodeon bubble and "What I Like About You." It's all pretty much the same people I've worked with and it was pretty protected".
"I loved Clueless. That was one of my favorite movies of all time. When that came out, I was fairly young. It was a more teenage movie with adult-type stories, but there's something about watching a movie with girl empowerment. It gets a clichι name and it's stupid, but it's really important for girls. I think Legally Blonde did that, too, because it was a fun way to feel good about being a girl. I like that message. I don't want to do that forever but I think it was perfect for me at that time".