I figured out it was a social thing, what women were allowed to do. At a very young age, I decided I was not going to follow women's rules.

I went from a naive, regular girl in high school to trying to realize my dream. When my family moved from the East Coast to California, I thought in my little brain, "Wow, I'm going to Hollywood. I could actually make this happen." It was easier for me to think it's possible living in a place like Los Angeles than trying to do it in suburban Maryland.

Egotistical people are not pretty. We all know that, I'm sure everybody knows an egotistical person someplace.

I grew up in a world that told girls they couldn't play rock 'n' roll.

Women are still second-class citizens.

Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world.

I'm not a list person.