Hailee Steinfeld to 'Malibu': I Have a Normal Teenage Life (Exclusive Quote & Image!)

Hailee Steinfeld holds her gaze on the cover of Malibu magazine’s March 2014 issue, on newsstands today.

Here’s what the 17-year-old 3 Days to Kill actress had to share with the mag, including an exclusive quote about growing up in the spotlight:

On being a teenager in the spotlight: “I feel OK about it I mean, I don’t feel like I’ve missed too much. I’m working with people my age, and I’ve got all of my friends that I keep in touch with when I’m on the road. I’m living my life as a teenager, so that’s my teenage life.”

On getting her start: “It was probably funny because I was trying to be serious. I was imitating a lot of what I saw on T.V. I’d watch these actors do things, and it seemed so easy: I was like, “I can do that, too.” I was such a little parrot. Sometimes I’d try to write songs, and they were just…(laughs) they weren’t good. I thought songs had to rhyme, so I was coming up with these terrible rhymes. Just a bunch of random stuff.”

For more from Hailee, visit MalibuMag.com and their Instagram @malibumag. Check out an exclusive pic of Hailee in a bathtub below.