I have loved 'Les Miz' for so long. It was the first Broadway show I'd ever done.

I am obsessed with Gwyneth Paltrow.

I've known since day one of working on Spring Awakening - back in 1999 - that it was special.

I worried that people wouldn't like me. Now I try not to worry and focus on being happy.

I've never wanted to be anything other than an actor. I started performing on Broadway when I was 8 years old. My first night on stage, I told my mom, "This is what I want to do. I was always a very out-there kid. The sad thing about acting business is it's so fleeting. If I couldn't do that, I was going to go to school and study law and become a lawyer. But I probably would have been miserable, or they would have had some very theatrical court sessions.

Britney Spears is definitely my favorite past Candie's girl; her campaigns were gorgeous.

Talent doesn't appear over night. It takes a lot of work and honing your craft, but also don't give up because people may say you're not good enough. I had so many teachers in high school and college saying "You're not going to make it. You're not. You can't." Luckily I had enough people around me who said I could.