As long as you're fierce and you have that inner confidence with yourself, you can get through anything.

The actual producing, mixing, and mastering is hard work, harder than what I do.

We live in a cynical world now, and it's nice to be part of entertainment that is hopeful and heartfelt and wears its heart on its sleeve, but isn't saccharine. It's real. It's grounded.

I'm minimalistic when it comes to makeup, so I'm a sucker for anything that's multi-tasking. Aquaphor is my go-to product. It's great for adding gloss to eyes and cheekbones, and amazing for soothing dry cuticles, too.

Because I'm in an adult world and I'm really working, my age is just a number. It's not really who I am.

When two people - regardless of gender - long to care for each other, to protect each other, to treasure each other, we should do everything we can to foster that.

I just don't want to be known as the actress who can sing. I want to be known as the singer who can act, too. It's great cross-promotion.