Love yourself, so that love will not be a stranger when it comes

You think you can go into all those auditions not knowing who you are? The work came after I found my sense of self - when I wasn't so manic and desperate.

If you just want to be a star, go away.

If you can find something you love, go for it everyday of your life, and it would be really good to you.

It's important to be alive in those moment, especially when you're doing something you love to do.

I never gave up. I never quit. I've been a leader all my life, from elementary school to president of my class to excelling at college. I had a dream, and my dream sustained me. I wasn't going to let anything stand in my way. I was like a meteorite. I wanted to become a star. It's been quite a journey.

I still go to a salon where a gal does my hair, and I don't know if it's because I'm a celebrity but by the time I leave there, we are eating chicken and talking and screaming.