It's like Forrest Gump said, 'Life is like a box of chocolates.' Your career is like a box of chocolates - you never know what you're going to get. But everything you get is going to teach you something along the way and make you the person you are today. That's the exciting part - it's an adventure in itself.

I'm most excited to see how I've grown as a performer. After Dancing With the Stars I really was able to evolve in a lot of ways and I'm excited to put that to use on stage.

I think that all of the scars and all of the layers that I've built over the years made me the person that I am today, and I'm pretty happy about that person.

As long as you know, within yourself, that you're no better than anyone else out there, you're OK.

I get homesick a lot. That can make me so emotional that I sometimes feel like crying- but never in front of anyone. No way!

Don't ever let anyone else write your story for you.

As long as you're having fun and still doing stuff, it doesn't matter what other people think.