It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.

My biggest life lesson is that money cannot buy happiness.

If you are born into a family with little money but a lot of love, you will find yourself more content than one who is born with a silver spoon and an empty home.

Nobody can ever be fully prepared to deal with a new, painful situation. Sometimes I react with patience and sometimes I react by doing something impulsive. But I always learn from such experiences.

Listening to my fans and seeing love and support through social media from them is what I live for.

A general message to "everyone" on the planet would go something along the lines of, "Make Love, Not War."

I stay active and choose to associate myself with like-minded people.