It's so different going in the studio and singing your own music and you don't really think about making sure that the message of the song or the idea behind the song comes across to people. Because it's in your head, it's in your heart, whatever, but it's... different when you're playing a character and you're singing as the character. There's just a lot more involved in that, I guess.

I think I found it difficult though to keep a straight face when we were actually working and I wasn't supposed to be laughing.

I believe we all share a responsibility to build a healthier, more just and prosperous world.

I guess at a certain point you think, well, singing is singing and acting is acting.

When I was first starting out in the music industry, I was always coupled in the same sentence with Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera - and I was probably the worst of them. I think a lot of people back then thought, 'Mandy Moore... she'll probably go back to where she came from in a year.'

Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.

It feels important to go school; not necessarily to further my education, but more like a hobby.