If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.

I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.

I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I'm definitely one who has taken what people say to heart and let it eat away at me.

Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.

Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television.

Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.

I was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog.