I just get focused on whatever is in front of me. When I was filming Crossroads, it had all my focus. Now I'm all focused on finishing my recording so I can get that out. It's just day by day.
I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage
Everybody thinks because of my character that I'm this wild girl and I am, I'm an actor, and I have that in me - but I'm actually very calm and mellow.
The most interesting place I've gone on location was New Orleans
It could be fun to sing with Prince or Michael Jackson. Justin Timberlake has an amazing new sound now
My dad was a musician and I traveled around with him, so it was something that I knew
I meditate twice a day. I chant. I lean more towards Buddhist practices.
We wanted to write a whole song about partying and then taking Yellow Cabs home. That's the weirdest topic we've ever thought of centering a song around.
Pride is the community coming together and showing that love is real.
I play, in real life, Kim, who is actually Marshall Mathers ex-wife as of now. She lies and says she is pregnant because she really wants to keep him and he figures her out.
I'm not a part of any organized practices, but I believe heavily on love and the universe and what you give is what you get.
I just had to find something else to fulfill me. Always being a singer and writing, it was a blessing. My brother started making music that was the kind of music I always saw myself singing.
It's really hard for actors to cross over and get any respect as a singer, and if I could just keep it separate and not use my music in movies, it's cool.
It's actually harder to write a fun song.
There are likable characters in prison. Sometimes the worst criminals are also some of the most charming people.
I'm pretty hard on myself. Every now and again I'll go on my IMDB or update my resume and I'm like, "man, I've done a lot of work."
I have played some very kind and loving character. I don't know why I'm so good at playing bad. I really don't.
I've seen a lot in my life. My dad was pretty gnarly but I loved him and I wouldn't change it for the world. My mom's a survivor.
Every time I'm not on a project, I'm writing or in the studio or doing gigs DJing.
I grew up in a very musical household. There was music and dance. My great-grandma was a famous tap dancer in the '40s, my mom was a dancer, she met my dad on the road when he was on tour in the '60s. Music is my heart and soul, it's my love.
As far as making a living, acting has been much more lucrative. Music's been tough.
I grew up in a mobile home, but it wasn't like white trash - it was a beautiful mobile home park, I had a loving mother, there were kids everywhere, there was a playground in the center, I just grew up in poverty.
I don't really like approach music to become famous. I've actually consciously made the decision that I'm just going to do music because I love it.
A lot of people want to judge the fact that I'm an actor. That's ridiculous. No one knows what I was doing before I made my first movie. I just happened to do it as an actor all the while I've been doing music, but never with the intention to become a screaming famous pop star.
