I was voted Biggest Ham and Likeliest to Become a Celebrity.

I was a full foot taller than any child my age.

I was born in Washington, D.C., and I was raised in Milwaukee.

My way was not to be the petite, gorgeous, little cheerleader. My way of getting by was making people laugh.

I like people-watching and fading into crowds.

I literally felt like a freak, which is another aspect of the role of Sally that I relate to: total outsider.

Right now one in three teenagers meets the medical criteria for addiction, which is scary. I'm so driven because when I walked into rehab, I was like, "Am I still drunk? Did the guys give me the wrong address? Am I at a summer camp?" And it kills them. Deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol have overtaken all other emergency-room deaths.