Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

I am more vintage than I am high fashion.

I completely took off my eyebrows one time for a screen test. I hadn't even gotten the role yet. So you have to have a commitment.

I'm all about high-waisted pants and skirts, pencil skirts, and sheer, long-sleeves in the summer.

I'm obsessed with cooking! I want a degree in the culinary arts!

I'm very strange, I'm not going to lie.

If I was on Broadway, I would want to do anything Vaudeville or a biopic.

I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.

I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

I used to read the criticism on blogs about other people - mostly female actresses and singers - and even when they are extremely perfect and harmless, people still go after them. So I figure, if I'm going to get negativity regardless, why do I have to worry about what somebody thinks of me?

I've always been involved with charities and things like that, but when I started communicating with the fans and hearing their stories about the lives they lead, it really made an impact on me.

If I have an audition, I go to the audition in character. I'm in character when I walk in the room. I mean, I'm still sweet to everyone, but I'm very much the character.

There was a time when men thought it was sexy to have a housewife waiting for him to come home from work in her slippers, but in modern society, I think an independent woman is even more sexy.

To me, success is making a positive difference through art - making art that affects the world and that changes the way people feel about themselves and the world.