I can't take much pride in my childhood acting. It feels like it happened in another lifetime, and even then, it felt like a hobby.

People who meet me as an adult are often surprised that I'm alive and have never been in prison or rehab. Sometimes they're disappointed I'm not cooler.

The thing is, with writing, it's form or content. You need to write about something interesting or you need to write about it in an interesting way.

My mother died when I was young, and I was filming all the time. I was all over the place. Acting was the one constant.

I was such a nerd. It just wasn't something I would have wanted. And I didn't want to act like an adult.

When you're an actor, your body isn't your own. Your body is part of a tool that you use. Everybody else there is using you as a tool, so they have access to those things, too.

If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.