At 16, 19, 20, you're just kinda going along with whatever's happening. You're not as proactive as you become when you're older. And particularly, something like fame that's happening so quickly - the requests are coming so quickly for you to do interviews or photo shoots, or you're getting work opportunities or whatever, it's happening so fast.

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I like to go dancing, have a few beers. I like being alone, too. I have days where it's 'God, get me a shot of tequila.'

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They couldn't wait to get me out. My dad found my place, my mom helped me pack, and my brother was making architectural plans for my bedroom. It was just what you do at 18.

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When I got 'Family Ties', I wasn't even thinking about being an actress. I thought I might become a window dresser.

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Net Neutrality is what makes the Internet so great - and so vital for innovation and creativity.

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I'm going to be in another city when my kids are teenagers. I'll be like, 'Give me a call when you're done with all that.'

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Why does a tragedy like 9/11 change everything about air travel, but numerous gun massacres CHANGE NOTHING?

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A liberated Internet will continue to be a reality in your life (and in the lives of your children) if rules like Net Neutrality are in place.

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I have some very good friends who've written memoirs, but it's not for me. It's just not a format that I'm interested in.

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I'm picky about skin care because I hate perfumes or anything that says 'It will take away all the lines on your face.' I don't want to do that. But I do use Kiehl's and this skin cream called Restorsea because it makes my skin look nice and feel soft.

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Pursuing fame is the ultimate in people-pleasing and the ultimate betrayal of self.

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Reality programming and social media make the game board bigger; they increase the number of runners on the track, each lunging at the finish line to be the first chest to hit the tape.

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Somewhere along the way, we made it unpopular to value oneself outside the structure of fame. We created these new categories, even - reality stars, YouTube stars, Instagram-famous, Twitter-famous - when we enlarged the fame game board to allow new valuations within the fame structure to accommodate as many people as possible.

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I've never been interested in changing my face. I hear of those glycolic peels and the Botox and plastic surgeries, and I am just, like, 'Oh my God.' I just could never do that.

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I've never liked spending a lot of time on beauty stuff. I have two eye pencils that I use, and that's it.

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I think as we get older, as we get more mature and more experienced, we do realize it's like, 'blah, blah, blah,' oh there's the information I need, and then 'blah, blah, blah,' right? So we do this triage, I feel like, of what people say to us.

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It seems to me so much technology could be applied to entertainment. Augmented reality, and even just the iPad - touch-screen technology, it was, you know, it still is extremely underused by entertainment.

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I absolutely love '30 Rock' and 'The Office,' but I don't know how many 13-year-olds are watching that stuff.

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I love having first-time experiences. When you're past the age of 20 or so, there are less and less first-time experiences.

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I realized I was an anorexic, a bulimic, and a compulsive overeater.

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I needed a concept of God that worked for me, and I wound up giving my life to Jesus Christ. I thought I was always going to have to wear skirts over my knees, not be able to listen to music, and have no personality. Fortunately, it's so completely opposite.

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