I did a lot of gasoline commercials - Hess, Texaco. I was part of the family in the car, the little brat in the back.

I love being on set, because I've basically grown up on a set. And now I love to contribute as a director and help steer the ship, if you will.

I've been very blessed. My parents always told me I could be anything I wanted. When you grow up in a household like that, you learn to believe in yourself.

I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

I didn't take the reins of my career until I was about 21, and I've been in charge since then.

I never thought I was good enough actually to write.

My sympathies go out to the young performers today because they are under a microscope in a way I wasn't. Now everybody's got a camera phone and can record at will or take pictures of you. It's just a different world. I don't know how I would have fared back then.