My fairy-tale life ended the moment I wanted to apply for a passport.
Physical hunger and physical poverty is something I could only imagine. I've been poor when I was in China... As kids we never had to starve, but just didn't have enough meat, enough rice.
Since my mom is the President of Ballet Hawaii, I'm always in touch with stuff going on.
I would say it's like a meditative process, to have everything done for you every morning.
All teenagers have this desire to somehow run away.
I would never offer advice without the person asking for it. I, in general, don't believe in giving advice, actually, as a human being I don't.