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About filming Raise Your Voice:
It was hard. People have been asking me today like what the most challenging part of the movie was, and it wasn't the crying scenes. I think that's much easier than trying to make people laugh. Crying on command is not that difficult. But the parts that were harder for me were after the tragedy happens to Terri in her life, it's kind of like just like a closed-off, numb feeling. She doesn't feel any emotion – no happiness, no sad. She's kind of like nothing. That was the hardest thing for me. And then going to the school and feeling like the outsider, I kind of learned how to do that a lot with Lizzie McGuire because she was the dork that didn't really fit in. And everybody kind of made Terri feel very unwelcome at the school at first.
About her feud with Lindsay Lohan:
I have a feeling that if I was a normal girl that went to a normal high school, the high school would probably talk about it for two days, and then it would be over. But just because people know who I am and people know who she is, everybody loves to talk about it. I don't know her. I don't care. If you read all the interviews, I haven't said anything about it. I try and keep my mouth shut. That's all I can say.
About holidays:
I like it. I think I'm always really happy for like, holidays to come and holidays to be over, you know what I mean? Like, there is a lot of stress that goes on. But I'm also, it's just like such a happy time to spend together, and then once it's over it's also a happy memory, you know? That you have another year down, and I'm ready to move forward and see what else is to come and what the new year is going to bring.
About shopping:
I think I have a little bit of mixed feelings about it, you know? Like, I definitely love shopping anytime. Nothing can stop me or get in the way. The things I don't like is trying to find a parking place and waiting in lines. Like, the lines will be forever! Or they'll be sold out of something that you really need to get... You know? But I think that, definitely, shopping anytime, doesn't matter if it's holiday or not, I love it.
About taking on more adult roles that don't suit her younger fan base:
I don't want to restrict myself from doing things that stimulate me just to make them happy. If they continue to like me, that's cool, but I don't want to cater to them. I'm not 13, 14, or 15 anymore.
About the cattiness among girls today:
It kind of scares me a little. They hate each other, then they love each other, and then they hate each other more. It's really hard to find people who don't feel like they're in competition with you.
Admitting she lost a lot of weight because she felt pressured to get thin:
I did get skinny. I've felt that pressure, like everyone else in my position. When a newspaper comes out that says "Duff Puff - she must have gained 15 pounds" or something like that, how would any normal person react?
Asked what her middle name, Erhard, means:
What were my parents thinking? It's a family name. My dad's grandfather was the first banker in this town in Texas and he did all these really great things… He started the first school there. We used to have a ranch out there which was an old cotton plantation. So it's a family name. But most people think it's Ann, and I just go along with that.
Asked what lessons she has learned from watching other girls her age in the acting business:
I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general. It's hard to stay true to yourself and what you want in life when there are so many distractions and so much craziness going on around you. Living in LA is pretty damn hard. But I feel like I can be alone with myself at the end of the day and that makes me really satisfied.
On growing up with her sister:
If Haylie had friends over to stay when we were little, and they left me out, I'd freeze their underwear! I'd wet the knickers, put them in the freezer and snap them to ruin them. Whatever I did, Haylie always got me back. Older siblings know how to be good fighters - when you're younger you just hit back. I'm sure there were a couple of flying hairbrushes.
On her life and career:
It's crazy and so surreal. I feel like such a normal person, yet everybody around the world knows my music, my movie, my name and my face. It's crazy sometimes, but I'm so flattered. It's a good feeling.
On her short relationship and break up with Aaron Carter:
He was my first real boyfriend and we really were in love, but we were, like, fourteen! Who cares?!
On her fragrance:
I wanted to create a fragrance that is pleasing and embodies my sense of style and personality. A fragrance that everyone will enjoy… including me.
On her work for the charity Kids With a Cause:
We raise so much money for hospitals, but it's not just about that. Anybody can come up with a bunch of money to give to somebody. It's about going to a hospital and hanging out with the kids and dancing and singing with them or giving underprivileged kids a chance to go to a theme park for a day or rebuilding a playground. I love it so much. It's really gratifying.
Dealing with mean girls in school:
I switched schools in the middle of second grade, and it was tough because I had to go right into a new school where I didn't know anybody. I made friends eventually, but then when I started acting in California, a lot of those people were really mean to me. I'd go to school, and they'd be like 'Well, haven't you booked anything yet?' It was embarrassing. They just didn't understand how hard it was and that things don't just happen overnight.
On helping the victims of Hurricane Katrina:
It is heartbreaking to see the devastation on TV. People are missing family members and they have absolutely nothing left, not even food or water. I want to do everything I can to help those who have survived to help rebuild their lives.
On reports she had performed a lap dance for Mike Comrie:
I mean, little ol' me? It's shocking. People love to believe it - but it's not true. And they're so descriptive about these lap dances. I don't even know how to do a lap dance!
As a child I was shy. Haylie would be the one to go up and talk to people.
At first, when I got bad press and people would talk bad about my family or something like that, I would get really upset, but now it's just not worth my energy.
Being with my family helped me a lot. You know, my sister, my mom and my dad had been really great.
Every week I read about myself in a magazine, about something that I haven't done or some place that I've never been or don't even know. It's just gossip, rumors, egos, and politics.
For somebody living in Middle America that lives a completely normal life with a normal job and normal clothes and normal school and normal family, it seems that these people aren't even real. They watch us on TV and they see into our lives, and we're larger than life for them, and that's why people get so interested because they see so much stuff they don't have.
I also love Dido and Nelly Furtado and people who are really into their music like that. And I love Renee Zellweger.
I ate a bug once. It was flying around me. I was trying to get it away. It went right in my mouth. It was so gross!
I can't go more than 72 hours without shopping, but I don't think I'm excessive.
I don't think the Disney Channel gives us enough credit for the age range Lizzie McGuire actually has. College students come up to me, grandparents, famous people. It's really funny.
I go out to clubs sometimes, but I have a totally separate group of friends outside the business, friends who are not actors, and we go out, but we also know there's a front door and a back door, and there's one you don't get seen at. And I don't mean that in a mean way.
I have an older sister named Haley and she wanted to be an actress. So I wanted to be an actress. It's really funny the way that some people don't give kids enough credit for like really being driven, and really wanting to do things so badly.
I knew I wanted to act, and I was really driven, so I kept going for it. We moved to L.A. full-time when I was 8 or 9.
I know I can handle dramatic roles, but I don't think I should have to play a young mother on crack to prove it.
I love clothes. I can't control myself. I have a huge fetish for shoes and clothes and make-up. I'm the kind of person who doesn't like to wear things over and over again.
I love doing emotional scenes. As I've had a perfect life I don't really have much to pull from. But it's really fun and not that challenging. It's almost pretty easy. The hardest thing is to try and make people laugh. That's a really hard thing.
I love my mom. I totally look up to her, and she just doesn't let anybody take advantage of me. People might call that a stage mom.
I pop gum. My parents get so annoyed with me. I know my dad wishes he never taught me how to do that.
I started taking singing classes just two years ago. It was great. I never knew I could sing but I kind of found my voice.
I stopped going to school in the middle of fourth grade. Everyone grows up with the peer pressure, and kids being mean to each other in school. I think that's such a horrible thing, but I never really dealt with it in a high school way.
I think ambition can be having something that you're good at and love to do.
I think girls feel like they're not cool unless they have a boyfriend or they don't feel comfortable or happy with themselves--that's not true! You gotta be independent! You gotta show the power!
I think that there’s really no way to prepare yourself, to say, “Oh, I’ve got all this going on.” You just do it. It’s like I want to be able to do all of these things, and I have to be really prepared to do it. It doesn’t really bother me, every day thinking that I’m going to have to switch modes to singing or acting or traveling, or this, that and the other. You just kind of do it. It’s just kind of natural.
I try not to wear like sunglasses because if you wear sunglasses, if you see someone who walks into the room with sunglasses, aren't you going to look at them and think, “Who's hiding under there?” So why would you do that?
I'm drawing the gossip surrounding the celebrity, or the image the celebrity tries to push on us.
I'm not a perfect, prude girl. I like to do normal things that girls my age do. But as nice as it is for the rest of the world to watch you fall apart, it's not a respectable way to be talked about. I don't want that kind of attention. If I can't get any from what I'm doing now, then I'll figure something else out.
In high school, kids deal with such harsh things that people don't realize can really affect their entire lives. They are so interested in getting the boyfriends and wearing low cut shirts so the boys will like them. That shouldn't be their goal. They shouldn't do things for other people, they should do things if they have dreams of their own and really work hard for that.
It sounds cheesy but I think my life's kinda like a fairy tale. I worked really hard, but I'm very, very lucky too. I'm just 16 and I've done so many amazing things. I travel the world, I have fans who support me and I get to do what I love - make movies, sing and really be myself. I have a beautiful family, a great support system and wonderful friends - and I go shopping every week! I'm so lucky, but it's not necessarily like A Cinderella Story.
Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall.
Lots of girls like really smooth-talking guys, but I like the ones who are really nervous to come up to you and a little shy. They're probably the nicest ones.
Mom always tells me to celebrate everyone's uniqueness. I like the way that sounds.
My friends are really great. And they're really supportive. I don't think that they really care anything about this stuff. I don't really have that many friends. I try and stick to a small group of people, and they go on tour with me and they come and travel with me and stuff like that. They know how hard it is for me to work sometimes and not just get to have that completely normal life.
My life is very crazy and busy, but I love it that way.
My relationship with my mom is so amazing. We never got to have that stage that people go through, like when you’re 13 and you think you’re too cool for your parents. When you’re embarrassed by them and stuff. We never went through that because I was constantly working and she constantly had to be there. We just because best friends. I tell her everything. She’s really my role model and my inspiration. She’s such a good person and such a strong person. A lot of people give her flack for being strong and being smart, but I think I envy that in her.
My sister (Haylie Duff) and I are best friends and we get along so well. She is so talented and inspiring to me. She's my role model.
No, I'm not! I'm not a tomboy! I love my makeup! That's not true! I'm not a tomboy!
Now my music is kind of pop-rock, right? If I'm 25 and singing still, I don't want to be singing music like that.
People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.
People talk worse about people than they talk good about people, because a lot of people like drama.
So many schools are getting rid of music programs and it’s really sad because I know that when I started singing and stuff it was something that I always wanted to do and I never believed in myself to be able to do it. I think it’s so important. It opens someone up and you’re able to learn about yourself. You feel worth something when you can learn how to do something that’s so, I know that when I got into music, I started feeling very motivated because I wanted to achieve this challenging thing. I think it’s really important if it’s the piano or the guitar or the bass or drums or singing or anything, it’s so important to have music in your life.
Sometimes I just wish I had a day off. I really need to clean my room.
There’s definitely times that I get that frustrated when I can’t sing something that I want to or I can’t hit a certain note that day. There’s definitely a process where I’m writing and I’m like, “This is stupid. Why did I write this? Let’s start from the beginning.” And I’ll end up throwing something away that I really did like, just because it didn’t sound that great that day. There’s definitely some challenging parts.
Weird, but sometimes I feel more like my cartoon character than I do Lizzie because she's a little more edgy and snappy.
We're still a very tight-knit family, even though we live apart a lot. And now Haylie and I get to work together more and more. We're really close.
When I'm on tour, I'm in a new city every single night, and the energy and the crowds and the kids and the screaming and them knowing every single word of my music and being onstage is such an energetic feeling with a big payoff. Working on a movie, things are a little more slower paced. But sometimes if I'm in the middle of touring, I'll be like, “Man, I really wish that I was working on a movie right now.” Or if I'm working on a movie, I'll be like, “Oh, I wish that I was touring right now.” I just love them both so much. It's hard to choose which is the best.
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