It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

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.

Accepting new challenges makes me come alive.

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.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

Being receptive to what is happening around me gives me inspiration and feeds my desire to create.

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