My family didn't have any money growing up. I'm just a girl from the ghetto from Indio, California.

Acting probably saved my life. It gave me a home and a safe place to let out all of my emotions and have it be ok.

I love Vegas. It's like going to Disneyland.

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.

What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.

I eat whatever I want, junk food included.

I'm not ready to be a woman yet. I'd like it if my body were more boyish. Maybe I'll like my curves when I'm older but right now they kind of make me squirm.

Because of my crazy work schedule, I have become something of a master at changing my clothes while driving. The men driving next to me love it.

If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?

I balance things better and don't kill myself so much, but conflict makes me a more interesting actress to watch. The places I go to pull emotions from, I think if you have a perfect, happy life, you just don't have those places. And I want those places. I'm proud of those places.