They wanted to do a movie about the Backstreet Boys.

For example, colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. Every four minutes someone is diagnosed, and every nine minutes someone dies.

I wasn't originally taking drama, but the drama teacher asked me to audition for Bye, Bye Birdie. I did and got the lead role. Initially I was kind of scared, but once I did it I got bitten by the bug and loved it.

If we can get kids talking about conservation and doing it, they can have a great influence on their parents by lecturing them and pointing the finger.

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food.

We're not saying that you don't need coal, but when you do mine the coal there are responsibilities to it. It may cost a little more, but it is the right thing to do.

In musical theater you have to be very big and very animated, while film and television are more toned down.

But I would lie on the floor and analyze everything. I'd listen to all the strings and the background vocals on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack and try to pick out the different instruments.

I remember lying on the floor of the living room with headphones on when I was four or five years old, listening to the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.

At Christmas our house is like a Donnie and Marie Christmas Special.

I did Chicago on Broadway the year before last. That was a great opportunity and I had a blast.

Cancer is just a horrible disease.

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out.

Florida has tons of entertainment opportunities because Walt Disney World and Universal Studios are there.

I am not a tree-hugger and I don't think mine is an extreme point of view.

I believe as human beings we are out of balance, out of synch with the earth.

I had been singing all my life, but I started acting in high school.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

I have been taking classes and I'm familiar with stage, but I'm not as familiar with acting on camera.

I just moved to Florida to seek out opportunities.