I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.

What winning is to me is not giving up, is no matter what's thrown at me, I can take it. And I can keep going.

I am very, very clear on how difficult it is for a young kid out there to go into the arts without taking a lot of heat from his peers.

When people are away from home, they do things they might not normally do.

If I leave this Earth, I want to leave this Earth just knowing I've tried to give something back and tried to do something worthwhile with myself.

I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.

You know, I am a Leo. Lion is a giant part of me.