Sweeney: “Everybody is always like, ‘You must be a really good liar,’ and no, I’m actually a truth teller, and I’m telling someone else’s truth. If I’m lying, then I’m not doing my job correctly.”

Sweeney: "I was actually valedictorian of my class."

Sweeney: “I separate myself from my characters as much as possible, but I have these books that I create which are interactive diaries/timelines/memory books/pictures of the character’s entire world.”

Sweeney: “I always look for characters that will hopefully develop into a more powerful symbol.”

Sweeney: “You can always direct where your life is going to go. You are creating this life for yourself. You’re making the decisions. And you have everything to make it work and take you where you want to go… You can do it with your eyes closed.”

Sweeney: “I believe in this industry as a business, and I want to continue to grow my own business.”

[On being so busy that she was temporarily homeless]

Sweeney: “I got rid of my place in LA. I had this beautiful condo in Taluca Lake, but I was like, 'Why am I paying for this when I’m all over [the country]?' I packed all of my stuff and put it in a storage unit and I’m living out of my suitcase. It’s kind of scary.”

Sweeney: “Hard work pays off. The harder you work, the more people will notice.”

[On where she sees herself in 10 years]

Sweeney: "There's a lot of different versions I could see, but one that I for sure would love to see happen is I create an empire, and I am rocking as a producer, and I'm acting in great amazing projects, and hopefully I have a stable life and family and I can balance it all."

Sweeney: “I don’t think, because I’m going to school for something else, that I will stop being an actress.”

Sweeney: “There was no entertainment industry at all in Spokane, Washington, where I was raised. When I was twelve, this movie came to town randomly, and I begged my parents to let me audition.”

Sweeney: "Most people don’t know that I'm really shy."

Sweeney: “When it’s a bigger character, and there’s a lot going on for her, and there are all these different elements that go into the character, I just love being able to dive into it.”

Sweeney: “I’d love to have a production company one day, and I’d love to maybe venture out with other industries.”

Sweeney: “I’m really into both sides of the industry – in front of the camera and behind the camera. I love the business side of it; I love all of the contracts and negotiating and the different connections that you can make.”

Sweeney: “This industry is a business – I’m a business myself, and I want to be able to run my own business.”

Sweeney: “I honestly don’t think I have one specific style. One day, I could be wearing a workout track suit, and another day, I could be wearing overalls and a tank top. Or I love a slip with corset. It just honestly depends on where I am in the world and what I’m doing and how I’m feeling that day.”

Sweeney: “I love sports or hiking; you’ll always find me outside doing something.”

Sweeney: “I actually began my career by convincing my parents to let me be an actress when I was 12 with a PowerPoint presentation describing acting and my goals.”

Sweeney: “I think that any young child or teenager, you take a lot from your parents when you’re growing up.”

Sweeney: “I would always worry that I was only going to play the girl next door or the cute girlfriend. But I’ve been really lucky that all my roles have been very intense and completely different kinds of characters.”

Sweeney: “I’ve been a teenage girl, too, so I’ve had my own insecurities and my own struggles that I’ve got through.”

[On which Euphoria character's wardrobe she would steal if she could]

Sweeney: "Z’s character because she’s always just wearing super comfy clothes."

Sweeney: “I’m a huge nerd.”

Sweeney: “I grew up remodeling houses with my parents, and I’ve started to do it again with some of my friends. So, I like to watch HGTV – ‘Love It or List It,’ ‘Property Brothers,’ ‘Flip or Flop.’”

Sweeney: “I’m never in the same place for too long, and you make the most amazing friends on one set, and then you go to another, and you start all over again, and it’s lonely sometimes.”

Sweeney: “Growing up, I was definitely a tomboy, an overall-and-Converse type of girl, and I still am, but for events, I love dressing up.”

Sweeney: “On ‘Euphoria,’ it’s so fun because we’re all the same age, so being able to hang out and go out together and go to different events together has been so fun compared to always being the youngest on set, which was really fun, but it’s like, you’re going to go home to your husband or wife, and I’m going to go home to my dog.”

Sweeney: “I’m trained in mixed martial arts. I started when I was 14 and did my first competition at eighteen. It was a grappling competition against all guys a weight category above me, and I got first place.”

Sweeney: “I’m not one to go out. I’m more of a homebody.”