Actress

I hate flying. I literally cry in the airport sometimes. I didn't used to; the more I fly, the worse it gets. It's weird!

Whatever I do, I have to put 100 percent of my focus into it because I don't like to do a bad job.

You're always in love with your best friend. That's why you're best friends.

Take care of your skin! Wash your face every morning and night, and be sure to moisturize!

My favorite thing is when I work with anybody - crew, hair, makeup - I always love to ask who's the coolest person they've worked with in terms of who's been the kindest and most down to earth. A lot of people have said Meryl Streep.

Like everyone, I had low self-esteem, and I wanted to be like the pretty, popular girls.

I wanted to be good at sports, even though I wasn't.

Laughs are always needed.

Meryl Streep is my favorite actor of all time, period. That would be a dream to be in something with her. I just think there's so much I can learn from her.

I always say it doesn't matter what age you are: everything is like high school.

I think that they way my parents raised me, they taught me to always follow my dreams and never give up, no matter what the obstacle.

SPF and moisturizer are two things that will ensure you stay younger-looking longer! I moisturize my entire body right when I get out of the shower, and I always use makeup with an SPF.

It was a pleasure to work with everybody at 'American Idol' and to be able to be part of the 'Idol' family.

I find myself saying 'sorry' for things I shouldn't be sorry for, haha.

My issue was I was always the friend and never the girl, so I always had crushes on guys, and they all wanted to date my friends.

'Faking It' was hard for me to let go of because I knew how many kids it helped.

In high school, I felt pressure to fit in with groups and with people who didn't actually want to be my friend. That's something I learned moving forward into adulthood: to keep the people around me people who love me for exactly who I am.

I didn't necessarily hit rock bottom, but I was working at Sprinkles Cupcakes and trying to make money, not wanting to tell anybody that I was getting a job because other people that I knew from 'Idol' were like, 'Why aren't you singing places and making money off of the Idol name?' And I was like, 'Because I don't only want to be known for that.'

One of the best decisions I ever made was getting a dog.

Any time you have a dream job of where you want to work, it's so incredible, and I don't think that people realize it could go away.