I have been involved with 'Spring Awakening' for six years. I am 20 now - I just turned 20 in August - and I originally auditioned when I was 14 years old. I auditioned for Michael Mayer, Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater.

I like it when a movie scares the s - t out of me. That, for me, is just the best.

I make a vegan baked ziti. And even though that doesn't sound enjoyable, it really is.

It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way.

I am obsessed with Gwyneth Paltrow.

My mother's side is Italian; my father's side is Jewish. We're the kind of family where every Sunday night we have dinner with all 19 of my cousins.

I would tell 17-year-olds to be proud of who you are. Don't try to change yourself for others. Focus on school and your future. Boys and friends will come and go, just focus on you and your future.