Steinfeld: "Everything I do now is a first."

Steinfeld: "Actors play different characters in every project they do. Though it has nothing to do with my craft, the red carpet gives me the opportunity to show who I really am and be myself."

Steinfeld: "My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared."

Steinfeld: "I went to my mum at about seven or eight and said I want to start acting, but the week before, I had said I wanted to do ballet. She said if I took acting classes for a full year, she would look further into it, and that's how it started."

Steinfeld: "It needs to be said and heard: it's OK to be who you are."

Steinfeld: "Well I was eight years old, and I have an older cousin who is three years older than me and she was doing acting, commercials, and modeling at the time and... to see my cousin doing that was really inspiring and I wanted to do it. So I went to my mom and I asked her if I could do it, and for the acting part of it, she made me study for a year."

Steinfeld: "I feel like every day I discover new actors and new filmmakers and different genres, and it's just so cool."

Steinfeld: "I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all."

Steinfeld: "I was just another girl."

Steinfeld: "Child actors come off as work being their life and doing it 24/7, but I still have those days where it's totally, like, whatever: shopping, movies, adventures."

Steinfeld: "Facebook is my life."

Steinfeld: "I haven't even graduated from high school yet - and I've realised in the last four years, with all the travelling I've done and all of the movies I've made, that the world is my classroom. I've experienced things I don't know you can necessarily get from reading a history book."

Steinfeld: "Whether I'm a bit of an old soul or not, I am who I am, and that doesn't change, whether I'm with adults or with my friends."