I guess at a certain point you think, well, singing is singing and acting is acting.

I'm lucky to attribute my success to the foundation my family gave me. I've always felt grounded in them.

We live in a cynical world now, and it's nice to be part of entertainment that is hopeful and heartfelt and wears its heart on its sleeve, but isn't saccharine. It's real. It's grounded.

I've really been sort of focused on acting and I feel really lucky because great projects sort of keep coming my way. I guess the criteria that I look for, it gets increasingly difficult because when you have the privilege of working with someone like Diane [Keaton], it's kind of like, 'Well, where do you go from there.'

I like being friends with other women who are supportive of women. I think that is important.

I definitely am looking to do some more dramatic roles; I'd love to do a period piece. I'm just getting started; I feel like there's a whole wealth of options out there to try my hand at.

I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation.