Acting was my after-school activity. I never planned on growing up and becoming an actor.

The fashion industry is completely different from the acting industry, but definitely the same as well, because there's cattiness and competition just like in the modeling world.

The rule with my mom was that the only way that I could be an actress when I was young was that I continued to go to public school and get straight A's in all my classes.

I mean I am not Hilary Duff. Like I have my own path that I'm going to go on.

I do a lot of family shows.

What I like to do is get the family in the pick-up truck... and then we just go for a drive. That's it!

I'm a storyteller, and everyone in this family expresses themselves through writing to get through life's milestones.

I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.