Shipka: "Any day acting is an amazing day."

Shipka: "To a certain extent, I think I've tried to train myself to not dive too deep into things or get my hopes too way up, because the fear of disappointment and whatnot is only natural."

Shipka: "I worry a lot. I'm a catastrophizer by nature."

Shipka: "That's a big thing in my life: going with your gut. If something isn't lighting the fire and making you excited, or if something feels wrong or doesn't agree with you, it should be questioned. It should be talked about."

Shipka: "My style is constantly changing."

Shipka: "There is a lot of uncertainty in this industry, and you can create your own opportunities and take control of that, but that also takes a lot of time."

Shipka: "If I could have any superpower, I would want hyper-intelligence."

Shipka: "I really love playing a character that's a little younger than me, to be honest. Because even if it's just three years, I can bring perspective into it."

Shipka: "I love organization, so I split my clothes into two closets according to seasons."

Shipka: "Chipotle never lets me down. I feel like, in the middle of nowhere, Chipotle is still there, and my burrito bowl is still going to sustain me. So Chipotle, for convenience and reliability."

Shipka: "I love ballet. Ballet is its own being. It has its own vocabulary. I feel as if I am in a different world when I am in the ballet studio."

Shipka: "I don't think that having a hard time is inherently negative. I think that it can make you a stronger person; it can be tough and painful, but it can make you grow."

Shipka: "Teens are being portrayed with depth because they are multidimensional, and they deserve to be portrayed as such."

Shipka: "Occasionally, as an actor, you're not... Sometimes, at least for me, I'm not fully in the groove until the second or third take, in which I would not want to just stop. If it's a scene that takes a lot of work and time, sometimes the scene gets better with time, and sometimes it gets exhausted. I think it just depends on the scene."

Shipka: "I was a kindergarten dropout."