The trauma of the whole thing has been humbling, and for the first time, I'm a little bit wobbly.

In the next election, can we vote to ban those ribbon things that kind of keep clothing on hangers but really just hang out of your armpits?

It was helpful to have the confidence of youth that came from a lack of desperation. I thought, 'If I don't succeed, I'll go back to school and study.'

I fell in love with theater there, and after graduation I moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting.

I got an internship with the casting director of The Girl Next Door. I would hold the clipboard and help them in their casting sessions and get them lunch.

I remember walking into drugstores when I was younger and seeing all the hair color boxes on the shelves and just being so in awe. Having the control to dye your hair and change your look is such a part of self-expression.

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.