Jacqueline Emerson Quotes & Sayings

I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater - but I wasn't sure if the opportunity would ever present itself. Not only was this acting for the screen, this was acting in 'The Hunger Games!' I knew that I had to give this audition my all. — Jacqueline Emerson

I think family is so important. — Jacqueline Emerson

I'm a pescatarian - I don't even eat meat! — Jacqueline Emerson

I've been acting since I was six years old, but not professionally. — Jacqueline Emerson

Once you get to that point when you can just be yourself and relax, I just think that you're so much happier in general. — Jacqueline Emerson

If I see a spider in my house, I put it in a cup, and then I take it outside. I save it. What is wrong with me? — Jacqueline Emerson

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard. — Jacqueline Emerson

For the longest time I was brought up listening to only two genres of music, pop and rock. So in the past few years I've been trying to expand my interests because I think that you can only write to the extent of your knowledge, and if your knowledge is limited you can't write past that. — Jacqueline Emerson

I started piano lessons when I was four; I was being classically trained at the Colburn School. — Jacqueline Emerson

I never dreamed that I would hear 10,000 people screaming when I stepped out onto a stage. Well, that's not entirely true. I dreamed about it but in a performing-on-the-stage-at-Staples-Center-or-Madison-Square-Garden context. But never in a I'm-in-a-movie-that-hasn't-even-come-out-yet one. — Jacqueline Emerson

When I was six years old my friend was auditioning for 'Annie,' and I decided I wanted to audition with her. My mom was worried I would fall flat on my face because I'd never opened my mouth to sing, so she sent me to vocal lessons. I did the audition and fell in love with the entire process of a show. — Jacqueline Emerson

Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek ... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit down and read a good book than go out and party. — Jacqueline Emerson