SOUND OF MUSIC: While at the shoot, Amanda—who belts out all her own tunes in the ABBA-scored musical turned movie Mamma Mia!—sang along with the radio in between takes. Her mom, who was with her on set, joked: “I miss hearing her sing. The cats don’t though. When she hits those high notes, there’s one cat who’s so afraid…when he sees her, he goes running!”

ROCK THIS WAY: We dressed the star in lots of luxe knits, oversize tweeds, and flowery prints—grunge rock-inspired but with a feminine twist. Amanda loved the clothes and was particularly obsessed with a flirty, olive-colored D&G dress.

AMANDA, ON YOUNG HOLLYWOOD: “You never know what to expect from somebody who’s young and successful. It can really go either way. I’ve met some people who are just so freaking distraught and who don’t know how to handle it, and I’ve met some who have their head on straight and are really happy. You try to stick around them.”

AMANDA, ON BECOMING AN ACTRESS: “I just didn’t think I could do it… I’d see myself on a monitor and I would be like, Eww. Who wants to see me? Who wants to listen to that voice? I had no trust in myself that I was made for this.”

AMANDA, ON GETTING THE LEAD IN MAMMA MIA: “I was shocked when I got the role… Shocked. For someone to put their trust in me, to put all of this responsibility on me, is kind of awesome.”

AMANDA, ON FILMING IN GREECE: “As soon as we landed, Dom [Dominic Cooper, the gorgeous Brit who plays her love interest] and I hopped out of the plane, threw all of our stuff in the hotel, put on our bathing suits, ran out onto the beach, and went straight in the water. And then we turned around and we saw the choreographer, and Pierce [Brosnan] and his sons, and all these people…they all did the same thing. It was so luxurious. It blew my mind.”

AMANDA, ON PLANS FOR THE FUTURE: “If I came out with a club hit, if I were singing duets with Jesse McCartney, I think people would get the wrong idea. I’m not interested in fashion design. I’m an actress, and that’s all I want to focus on. For me, that’s just more fulfilling.”

Source: TeenVogue.com