I actually live a very mediocre lifestyle. So I decided to step back and do things not just for the sake of doing them, but because I believe in them and I want to do them.

It's not the most normal life in the world, but I screw up plenty of times to be a normal teenager.

There are things you fantasize about doing and saying, and then ultimately don't because it's illegal.

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending.

I think playing coy is silly. Speak your mind. If a man gets turned off, he's the wrong man.

I didn't get the Russian Jew part because they didn't think I looked Russian or Jewish enough - and, mind you, I am both Russian and Jewish - so I was cast as the racist Mexican.

I was really good at saying no. I decided I was just going to say yes to any opportunity that came, no matter how crazy. And it changed my life.