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14 year-old Hailee Steinfeld looks impossibly cute in the cover photo shoot of the upcoming issue of Parade Magazine. Hailee became one of the youngest actresses to be nominated for an Academy Award.

Ironically, Jodie Foster (“Taxi Driver” in 1976) and Hailee (“True Grit”) were only 14 when they were distinguished with an Oscar nomination and they both lost. Now Jodie is one of the best actresses in Hollywood. Hailee has a bright future ahead.

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In the interview, Hailee revealed how she just decided she would take acting classes instead of trying out another sport and who inspired her to become an actress. Hailee confessed to be startruck most of the time and tells how she learned she was nominated for an Oscar.

Here are some highlights from Hailee Steinfeld’s Parade interview:

On her career: “My parents have always told me, ‘The day you stop loving what you do, you’re not in the right place. As long as I’m loving it as much as I am now, I see myself doing this forever.’”

On her inspirations to become an actress: “I tried every sport and never stuck with anything.” So when, at 8, she declared she was interested in acting, her mother insisted she take classes for a year first. “I was like, ‘All right, I’ll do this to show you.’ Paper Moon with Tatum O’Neal was one of the first [movies] that stood out to me. Her role in that was a bit of my inspiration for True Grit—she was so independent.””

On the morning she learned of her Oscar nomination: “I was in bed and heard my parents cheering in the other room. I’m surprised my phone didn’t blow up from all the text messages.”

On the events she’s been attending: “I’m definitely going, ‘Oh my God’ left and right. I always get so starstruck. I met [The Social Network’s] Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, and Armie Hammer at a luncheon. Ahhh! That was a good day.”

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