Amber Tamblyn of TV's Joan of Arcadia and Alexis Bledel of Gilmore Girls fame lead the film's cast that also includes two up-and-comers: blonde cutie Blake Lively and witty America Ferrera. They play best friends in the film about growing up and finding out who you really are.

This is a movie about growing out of your teen years. What were you guys like as teens?
AMBER: I was out of my mind. Really out of my mind. I was wild, fun. Getting things pierced, getting things tattooed.
BLAKE: I still am a teenager. I don't know…
AMBER: You're fun! You like to dance, you do choir…
BLAKE: I'm really involved in high school. That's really about it I guess. (laughs)
AMERICA: I didn't like being a teenager.
ALEXIS: Yeah! I was just excited to not be a teenager anymore.
AMERICA: I wasn't open and receptive to relationships with other girls. I had sisters and they were great. But as far as friendships go, I think that I didn't think they worked.
But now that I'm older, my friendships with my girlfriends are some of the most beautiful friendships I have. That's why I am really proud of this movie. Maybe a girl will see that relationships between girls don't always have to be catty and about jealousy-all the ways they're portrayed in many films.

So you really didn't like being a teenager, Alexis?
ALEXIS: It's not that I liked or disliked it. I was just excited to go to college and be an adult and do other stuff.

You girls all started working really young. How do you stay grounded?
AMBER: You keep people in your life that have been around you for
a long time-family and friends. They're always going to be straight with you and support you no matter what.
ALEXIS: I think we just have a lot of other things going on for us besides our work. America is a full-time student and I do a lot of other things besides Gilmore Girls. A lot of my friends are really not even in the industry. So I think it's just about being a full person with other interests and other things.
AMERICA: Something Alexis and I share is that she has a deep connection and love for her family as do I. And I didn't start acting professionally until I was 17.
ALEXIS: Which is about the same time as I did. I think I was 18.
AMERICA: 18 years of your life is a long time to see the world as one thing. To have values where family-and the happiness your family gives you-is the most important thing, is all you could ask for. It's something money, fame and success could never get you.
ALEXIS: Yeah, I think it's your friends and family that help keep you grounded.
BLAKE: The most important thing I think too is the people you surround yourself with. High school is my life right now and this [movie career] is still an on-the-side thing. It's becoming more prominent now, doing interviews and going on tour. This year has all been so surreal.

How do you feel about being role models?
ALEXIS: It makes you feel a little more responsible about the projects you choose. You want to know more information about all of that. But then I think also that as far as role models go, it's hard to say that people should turn to entertainment for role models, because I don't know if it's the appropriate place.
AMBER: This is a tricky situation because you don't want to have to change who you are for anybody, no matter what position you're in, but I would like to think that being a role model might come naturally to me, hopefully. My goal is not to necessarily be a role model but to be somebody that girls can learn something from.

The relationships with girls that you have in your life, are they like the four girls in the movie?
BLAKE: Definitely all girls, and guys too, have relationships and connections with other people. You still have these people that know you inside and out and are there for you. There is nothing like having someone who is completely honest with you and keeps you grounded.

- Isabelle Sullivan