I had the poster of 'Hairspray' right above my bed. And I had the biggest crush on Zac Efron, of course.

Jessica Lange is my all-time favorite actress.

This may be a bit of a broad statement, but I don't think there's anyone that I've met that I haven't created a bit of a deep relationship with. It's a really lovely thing to create a relation with people that might not anticipate that closeness. And that's kind of the light of my life, getting to be close to people.

I think a lot of people think I'm either unintelligent because I'm a very happy person and I have a lot of energy or that it's a fake happiness, like fake energy. I completely understand that because it's a lot to handle, and I am a very emotional human being.

I would love to do Broadway. That was my original aim, when I first started acting when I was 13. I wanted to do stage; I wanted to do musicals.

I know I don't look edgy, but I have found that in my personality, I just have this natural energy that I enjoy edgier characters, and I really want a chance to sink my teeth into something like that.

I'm not a huge party girl. When I turned 18, the thing I was most excited about was being able to vote for the first time.

Growing up, I've always been the baby. I'm the younger of two girls in my family, my friends are always older than I am, and I'm a rather small person in stature as well.

My absolute favorite thing about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is my cast and crew. The people that I spend almost every hour of every day with. Your cast has great influence over the quality of your life, and I've been blessed with not just a cast, but a family.

I have been snowboarding since I was seven years old.

I have a lot of affection to give, and sometimes I'm a little overbearing.

There is nothing like the buzz of singing one of your songs during a show and hearing your fans singing with you.

The whole novelty and challenge of playing twins is something that has kept things wonderfully fresh for me. Just the pure joy and freedom of being able to explore so many facets of not just one, but two, different characters at once is a very singular experience.

My absolute favorite thing about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is my cast and crew: the people that I spend almost every hour of every day with.

One of my favorite things about working on 'Liv and Maddie' is the creative environment that has been designed for us by our lovely director, producers, and writers.

Playing two people is definitely difficult, but it's made possible by everyone around me, and it's a big team effort.

Sure, they can take your binder, but they can't take whatever special thing you have inside you.

It's hard to be a teenager. It's lonely, and you feel like no one understands you. I think that's natural, and my mother let me have the space to feel that way.

I love my mom so much, and I always have, but I was definitely a monster to her a lot during my teen years.

I'm very competitive and academic.

There's no one who, at some point, hasn't had the feeling their life is on the rails and they can't do anything about it.

Your average teenager can't relate to a girl who casts magic spells. But she does understand someone who is torn about her upbringing and the situation in her life.

Kristin Chenoweth had been my personal idol since I was, like, 6 or 7.

It's not like you can say, 'This is the right side and this is the wrong side,' because obviously, a happy person is never going to want to inflict pain on somebody else. So the bullies are really victims themselves and yada, yada, yada, pop psychology, but it's true.