There is actually a huge suicide problem in Palo Alto schools, so obviously not all is well in paradise. High expectations, and the pressure to achieve in a highly competitive world are too much for a lot of very promising young people. There have been something like ten youth suicides in Palo Alto in the past ten years. They usually step in front of the train that runs by the high school.

There's a large chunk of me in all the parts. As an actor, I got involved largely because I want to let things out. The best acting is that that is most real and the only way to do that, is to genuinely feel it.

I loved the world of Oz. I guess as a young man, I was just drawn to fantasy worlds. I liked being transported to alternative realms where a lot of my early imagination was sparked.

I was a black center in the middle of all the nature. I was nothing, but I could do anything.

He was so. So dirty, and just moving in front of me, and cute. I was in love with him, especially because he was talking to me.

I've decided I can't really control people's perceptions of me. All I can do is decide on what I work on and how hard I work on it.

You just don't really rehearse kissing scenes, whether it's male or female.