I take great solace that Einstein failed math. I failed math. I also failed English and home economics. Einstein was an underachiever.

My behavior is humiliating.

There are all of these people that say, my mommy doesn't love me enough, my daddy doesn't hug me enough. There are some people that would want to coddle them somewhere. I want them to shut up and stop whining.

There are people, radio talk show hosts, those kind of people, it's their job to only have one opinion, they can't tell you about their feelings. They have to go with what pays their bills.

Being an ex-child star is not a given.

I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture.

If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two.