I've always had that going on: "I can't," and then I do, so the voice says, "Well, that was an exception!" It's a tug-of-war between two voices: the one who knows she can and the one who's scared she can't.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

I dress according to how I feel.

I'm pretty awesome at making salad dressings.

I used to enjoy doing silly walks on the street with my friends. Like, you know, you're walking, and then you break out in something completely ridiculous, to kind of spook out the person walking by you. I can't really do that anymore.

And my one prayer to God, the miracle worker, was that I would wake up lighter-skinned.