I had a wonderful childhood. My parents were a dream to me.

I was raised to stand up for myself, if I feel I'm in the right. Maybe it would have been best if I'd just gone home with my swollen cheek.

That I'm an alcoholic is completely ridiculous.

Your life changes. Everything has to be done perfectly, and I didn't follow that. I lived my life as if I wasn't in the public eye. I thought, 'I'm young. I have the right to experience new things, and if I want to go to a bar and get drunk, that's my prerogative.'

I take on everybody's problems. I have a very maternal side. I'm basically a very normal, down-to-earth person.

You read stuff about yourself and you think, My God, where are these people coming up with these things? Why am I the one that they're picking on?

Whenever I get frustrated, I tell myself, you could be working at a 7-Eleven right now, so never take for granted what you do for a living.