I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes don't make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can.

When I was 12, I first made the decision to go vegetarian after a co-star's line 'I don't eat anything with a face' suddenly shocked me into reality.

I encourage all of you to seek out teachers and mentors that challenge you to think for yourself and guide you to find your own voice.

The more I read and watched about the meat industry, the more determined I became to keep meat out of my diet. The things I saw in slaughterhouse exposes made me feel sick and I refused to just ignore what I now knew.

I just always loved to perform and I was lucky enough to be in front of the right people at the right time!

Taking away from someone else will never make you any better.

Picking a best friend who stands up for what she believes in, is true to herself and allows you to be yourself without judgement of how 'cool' you are? Well, now you're picking a friend for life.