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

I sometimes think I might be autistic because I like to know - I need to know - my beginnings and my ends. I don't have to be in control of it, but I need to know what's going on.

And I think that when I finally decided to let go and let God and allow that to happen, I became a lot more successful than I could have done if I had planned it all myself.

I decided to study special education and fell in love with working with individuals with autism. That's what I planned to do with my life.

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.

UNICEF is working for the survival of children worldwide. What can we do to get more Americans committed to the cause?

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.