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.

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!

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.

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.

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!

She might not be sweetShe might not be upbeatShe is womanHer strength finespun —To the unkind, She changes her mind.Oh woman, solid purebred.Hold high your head.

If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones; for life is short, and time and energy limited.

Real life security and contentment come not from putting a gun in the cupboard, but from taking a role in the world's future.

I don't know what happiness is. I don't know what sweet caress is. Still, I'm always laughing like a clown.

A picture is like a prayer; you're offering a prayer to get something, and in a sense it's like a gift of God because you have practically no control-at least I don't.

Man's the bad child of the universe

I've been in show business for 50, no, 60 years. I was approached in school to join a variety act.

I would get in fights a lot. My voice was so heavy, kids would say you sound like a boy, so I would start beating them up.

Even if abortion were made easy or painless for everyone, it wouldn't change the bottom-line problem that abortion kills children.

My heart pounds sickeningly and I turn pale... I often feel as if I were dead... I seem to be losing my mind.