I'd started working when I was 21 and had been very determined about my career, very focused, even as a little kid, so it was something I had been working at for a long time.

As The O.C. started up again, I started to feel myself potentially getting pulled away.

Certainly there's got to be a little bit of reality show fatigue happening.

We have some of the most passionate, vocal fans in the history of television.

The press always ends up being much nicer than I expect. A lot of times they say something snarky about you, but then you meet them in person and they couldn't be nicer.

I think you're only as good as the work that you do.

If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone.