I know you can't go back, so I try to do all the things other teenagers do.

I don't care if I'm in too deep.

I don't earn my money from trying to hurt people or get in the tabloids.

No matter which way I move you, that's a powerful thing to be able to do.

Even one kid going hungry in America is one too many. How can we stand by when the reality is that there are more than 12 million underfed children in the U.S.? We can make a difference.

I went through that stage every teenager goes through: Who am I? What am I? Where do I fit in? In my case I had to deal with newspapers saying I looked fat or tired or my hair was a mess. People always criticize: they either love you, or they don't. But you have to block that out and concentrate on the work. And I feel I am doing good work, and I'm finally getting to see who I really am.

What people don’t understand is that it wasn’t about Dean or Eddie, it was about whether or not I was in the right place.