High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it.

I was babysitting the night High School Musical premiered last year. I watched with the kids and we sang along to the lyrics. I was making $12 an hour.

My character, Taylor McKessie, is a little bit brighter in the math and science department than I am... okay, a lot.

I love the idea that somebody is going to compare me to my character or think that I am like my character when they see me. I feel like that is a role that I am willing to fulfill.

Do your own thing; always follow your dreams and don't feel limited by what someone prescribes to you as to what you should do. Expand your horizons, try new things, be adventurous.

In case of emergency, do whatever your best friends tell you to do!

High School Musical is definitely the best thing that's happened to my career and I walked away with great friends from it.