I'm So Used To Swimming With The

I Was Home-schooled, Was Always Very Close With My Mom And Was Very Straight-laced And Square. I Was Never The Rebellious One, And I Never Threw Hissy Fits.

You Have To Be Really Comfortable With Yourself Because People Are Going To Tell You That You're Eyes Are Too Brown Or You're This Or You're That. And If You're Not Comfortable With Yourself, You Could Get Pretty Freaked Out.

I Think More Things Are Becoming Socially Acceptable. I Think That Just By Having More Media, Whether That's Tv Or Internet, We're Able To See More Things.

I Have A Lot Of Different Influences. Everything From Maroon 5, Gwen Stefani, The Clash, Kanye West - Just A Lot Of Different Artists.

I Had Started Acting When I Was 7, And I Was Always Wrong. I Would Always Get To The Very End [of The Audition], But I Wasn't A Perfect Package Of One Thing. I Wasn't A Cliche, And It Always Worked Against Me. I Wasn't Pretty Enough To Play The Popular Girl, I Wasn't Mousy Enough To Be The Mousy Girl. Then There Was A Tv Show That Toni Collette Was Starring In. And When A Role To Play A Girl Who Was Struggling With Identity Came, I Thought: "oh, This Is What I Was Supposed To Do. Everything's Leading Up To This Moment." I Was 18. I Was Like, "this Is It." I Didn't Get It. And I Was Devastated.