When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity and throw it out the window.

When you become a commodity to a record label because you're making them millions of dollars, you can take all of your artistic integrity and throw it out the window.

As a performer, I want to hit the last row of the arena. I want to make big moves. I'm a spaz, naturally.

Whether it's five people or 50,000 people, I always love to perform and feel very blessed that I'm able to do that.

With acting, there are a lot of subtleties and non-verbals involved. If someone is over there, getting eaten by a shark, there's a non-verbal way of how to act that. There's a certain nuance to acting that does not come intuitively to me. It's something I still have to learn.

Acting is about listening, and that's something that took me awhile. You almost don't have to learn your lines, if you listen to what they're saying and move it along.

You can make low-budget film as long as there is something compelling about the characters. There is a believability in the chemistry and a likeability amongst the characters.