I'm going to hang out with people, and I'm going to explore myself, and I'm okay with that.

Artistically, you want to be able to do a lot of things that can challenge you to not just stay in the same thing.

I think regular school is harder than my job. You have to deal with kids picking on you, and you wanting to look good and all this stuff. It was way too much pressure.

Dancing allows me to go away and not have to think of what I'm doing next.

Disney is a machine, and I'm grateful for it, but I feel like being part of that environment made me crave the reaction from other projects even more.

I'm just happy to do projects I'm passionate about.

I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought, "I want to look like them!"