I just care about what I get to unearth and what makes me uncomfortable and what makes me grow because, ultimately, I just don't want to ever play it safe.

I don't care about labels or anything.

I have a huge fear of crowds. The irony is that my band is a therapeutic exercise. I hurl myself into thousands of people.

Of course I grew up with the 'Vacation' movie with the legendary Anthony Michael Hall.

I've been around for a long time now, and you start to hear these urban legends about yourself.

The thing is, I want to play real characters and not all girls can be pretty. The thing is, you get these girls who say 'I'm a character actor' then you see them in a role and nothing has really changed but the outfit.

Fame can be just so annoying because people are so critical of you. You can't just say, 'hi'. You say hi and people whisper' man did you see the way she said hi? What an attitude.

I don't make an effort to be sloppy. I just don't consider a perfect hairdo and a perfect face to be beautiful. If I had my way I'd dress myself and do my own makeup for magazine shoots.

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

All that schooling never prepares you for the reality of life.

As early as when I was five or six I wanted to perform.

I knew I could live no other way, that the one thing I wanted was to act and do it well.

Success is a nice by-product but what I really want is work.

The old footage of my dad, I always knew we were cut from the same cloth, because my dad was such a renegade and always marched to the beat of his own drum. To see where we were both dancing and being silly together, it's too beautiful for words. I was really happy to have that.

Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.

Some of my greatest memories are of sleep-away camp; I did that three summers in a row when I was, like, 9,10, and 11.

My first tour I did was The Warped Tour, and I was likening myself to the bearded lady at the circus because not only was I an actor touring, doing rock n' roll, but I was also a female front person making really muscular, male-dominated rock music.

I think in my late 20s, I was starting to enter that realm of complacency, which is the most terrifying place I can imagine as an artist. I felt time creeping up on me.

As I evolve, my interests change, always. But, what is consistent is that I always look for something new to play.

I was meant to make music in my soul way younger than I did. I was just scared because I knew it would take more of me than anything else. But I was all into facing my fears.

In my heart of hearts, I'm a character actress, whereas other people play their one strength.

The worst thing you can do to a kid is tell them that their dreams are invalid.

The praise for 'Cape Fear' will help me work more artfully - I can work with real artists, like Robert De Niro and the directors, and then go to artland, which is the best land to be in in this world.

I used to be really insular, really introverted. I couldn't articulate myself.