I do remember being teased by my cousins on my mom's side for not being black enough. And then I'd spend the summer with my dad and be sent to all white summer camps where I was 'that black girl.'

I've always been a performer. That's just what I know.

I don't have a lot of friends; most of the friends I have, I've had since high school.

We keep secrets from people that we love because we're afraid of our own truth. I think sometimes we're afraid to hurt people, because you never know. I think we're afraid of what is, and what can't be.

I'm the little half-black, half-Jewish girl who was odd and awkward. I try to be myself.

I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn't belong to anybody but me.

I have a hard time watching myself! Usually I do the work, and then I leave it. So I pretend like I'm not on TV every week.