Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and they're very bright. But there's a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy.

First, I was a fact checker for Zagat and then I was an editorial assistant for HarperCollins publishing house.

I had no idea of the size of my bank account as a teen, and I didn't care to know. That was my mom's job, I figured that I would just find out when I turned 18. If you can't trust your mom, then who can you trust?

The big difference with the recognition is that when I go on an audition, I don't feel like they're testing my abilities as much as they're just seeing if it's a fit. So that's nice.

I'm interested in current affairs and social policy as a whole, but I don't watch politics for sport.

There were a lot of signs being thrown at me. A lot of angels I was meeting, inspiring me to get back into show business.

But here's the thing: I had this great job, and I would still feel terribly depressed. I would just be like, 'This isn't the sweet spot. I thought this would be it, and I don't feel happy.