At the time, the only options were playing the local county fair. Now with American Idol and younger recording artists that have come out, there is more of an opportunity.

An agent saw one of the plays I did at ACT, but my mom was like, No, she's too young. I became so annoying that a year and a half later she just couldn't stand hearing me any more!

On my show, I'm definitely the youngest one. So going from a show where everyone is over 30, to the movie, where everyone was like 20, 25, it was like summer camp.

I was in seventh grade, and getting a part in Full House was huge. It opened so many doors for me.

The most frustrating thing for me as a singer is that people have pinpointed me as an actress who suddenly woke up one day and decided that I wanted to sing.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

I didn't go to a normal high school. It was for people in the performing arts.

We went down for pilot season, I got Full House, and we wound up never leaving.

I'm pretty sure this is it for the teen movie thing. It's so frustrating to read when you get to page 20 and you're like, Oy! It's the same thing again!

We can find a new hope every new day and every New Year.

Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for its own sake but as he was given to saying it straightened out one's thoughts.

The thing I always say is that I wasn't going out reaching for roles, I wasn't fighting for roles - people came to me. They always came to me.

I think the obvious answer is I was raised in New York City, so growing up, not only myself but my family, like my father, we would watch a lot of Scorsese films.

I still have anonymity, which is great. I can go out anywhere I want and no one ever recognizes me.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

When we believe in the impossible, it becomes possible, and we can do all kinds of extraordinary things.

Where we might think of sin as slip-ups or missteps, God views sin as a godless attitude that leads to godless action.

It was hard to leave my school. I've been going to the same school since kindergarden.

In 2006 I was asked to sing at the World Cup in Germany, and in 2010 I was fortunate enough to be asked again.