I'm proud of everything I do, but I think I'm the most happy about becoming a rapper. It was my entrance into everything. That helped me get into acting.

I am a strong woman with or without this other person, with or without this job, and with or without these tight pants.

You almost have to step outside yourself and look at you as if you were someone else you really care about and really want to protect. Would you let someone take advantage of that person? Would you let someone use that person you really care about? Or would you speak up for them? If it was someone else you care about, you'd say something. I know you would. Okay, now put yourself back in that body. That person is you. Stand up and tell 'em, "Enough!

Look at people for an example, but then make sure to do things your way. Surround yourself with positive people.

There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.

If my brother and I wanted money in our pockets, we had to get jobs - my first was at 15, at Burger King.

To wanna be me is to go through not just the good but the bad. You wanna share my story identically? Man, you gonna take some lumps.