A lot of my hair and makeup, and everything I pull for inspiration, is [drawn] from old photographs.

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

In terms of the characters, I definitely do look for somebody that I think people can learn from and I can learn from too. In one way or another, by the fact that they are a role or by that fact that they aren't a role model. I feel like I was attracted to the past few characters that I've played, because they have an element that really touched my heart.

I've learned to take jobs as an actress that is meaningful to me because I've never taken a job for the money.

I feel like I've come out of this grown up, maybe because I live through the character vicariously and she grows up so much during the course of this story.

Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't really relate to them. And I think that I write songs that sound fresh and sensual in kind of a layered, lush way. But I also think that they are real, and that's why I wanted to call the record 'Inside Out.'

Being yourself is one of the hardest thing because it's scary you always wonder whether you'll be accepted for who you really are.