In 2009, I traveled to South Sudan with my organization PSI. While there, I visited a local school and met with a group of children who had formed a water club. The group learned about how to treat their drinking water and use proper hygiene practices, such as washing their hands before eating or after going to the bathroom.

Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.

I love music and I guess I have less expectations or pressure to kind of put on myself because the music hasn't been some huge sensation.

I've had the opportunity to play the drug dealer who gets gang-raped, and I'm like, "For what reason? Doing it just to do it? To just show people that I can be sexy or dark?" I don't want to do something just to make that point. It needs to happen organically, and I'm really confident it will. I'm a pretty patient person, and I'll wait until we find the right stuff.

I kind of feel in a way all of us will forever be asking those questions of ourselves. Who am I and how do I fit in in the world and what is all this about? Because those aren't really... there are no answers to those questions in a sense.

I grew up on Nintendo. Mario was my best friend. I can't wait to get inside and play Nintendo GameCube.

Nobody's ever made me feel boring but I'm pretty boring. I acknowledge that in myself.