Part of growing up is just taking what you learn from that and moving on and not taking it to heart.
I think the hardest part about being a teenager is dealing with other teenagers - the criticism and the ridicule, the gossip and rumors.
Nowadays, I could not care less about making other people like me. I'm a good person, I don't need to do that anymore.
I think it's so important to keep learning and keep your brain active.
My best friend and I love to make fish faces.
Music is so powerful to me. I had my IPod and headphones, and my sad playlist. I kind of ventured off for just a little bit to get into the scene.
I was strong enough not to let them get the best of me, but I'm definitely one who has taken what people say to heart and let it eat away at me.
For the longest time, I never thought I was intimidating to guys, but I'm kind of finding out that maybe there is some tiny thread of intimidation.
Sure, I have a job now, but the acting business isn't always that solid, and so I wanted something to fall back upon.
I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with.
Actually, the kids at school don't treat me any differently at all just because I'm on television.
In real life, one of my friends was killed in a car accident during our sophomore year.
I was in New York and I walked into this pet store and came out with a dog.
I started working on a line of clothes last year, but right now we're kind of at a standstill.
I literally finished 7th Heaven, went up to Toronto, and started SAW. So, it was definitely a little mind change.
Still, it's tough trying to combine my acting career with my college career.
Even though college has been hard, I don't want to give up.
Mostly, nothing's really changed. I'm still the dorky nerd that I always was.
If I had to give one piece of advice to incoming college freshmen, I'd say always be true to yourself.
