I mean, that's kind of what this business is about in some ways. You're trying to make everybody like you. But you can't do that. You can't force everybody - anybody to like you if they're just not willing to do it.

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

The greatest glory never comes from falling, but from rising each time you fall.

I could have a degree in music and come on the show, and Simon could still say 'You stink'.

I had the greatest time on Broadway and made friends I never expected to make!

No matter what the situation you're in, if you're raised in a loving environment, that's the most important thing.

The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or how they act or talk. It's how they see themselves - their self-esteem. In the tenth grade, I realized I am who I am. I've got big ears and big feet. I can etiher sulk around or I can be happy with who I am. The minute I decided to be confident with who I was, all that other stuff stopped. It's all in the way you carry yourself.