There seems to be so much shame wrapped up in speech disabilities. It seems very sad and complicated all at the same time.

Girls think that being glamorous means making mistakes and being irresponsible. And that's just not true.

I went to about one frat party a year. A year seemed to be enough time for me to forget how much I didn't like frat parties, and my friends would eventually convince me to go to one. Cheap beer, guys looking for a quick hook-up, and girls playing 'dumb' to get in on the hook-up. I just never got into it.

People talk about 'getting rid of the old image', and I guess there's some merit in that. But the truth is that people loved 'The Wonder Years' - I can't turn my back on it.

What I got which was unusual, especially as a child actress, was parents who believed that Hollywood was not that important. They told us education, family, health, all come first and they meant it.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

Math is the only place where truth and beauty mean the same thing.