I had highfalutin ideas about being a serious actress when I was 16, 17, and first signed at Universal. I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.
Movies were always the goal, but I had a lot of goals. Twelve-year-old me wanted to do everything: act and sing and paint and dance.
I used to tell my family that I was going to be a singer since I learned how to talk.
I always wanted to sing, as a child.
I was one of those little girls who practiced signing autographs since I was 5 years old.
When I was 5 years old, I wanted to be a WWE superstar.
I think when I started out, when I was very young, I wanted to be an actor and do the great epic tragedies.
It all started when I was 4. I was watching a lot of 'The Little Mermaid,' and I loved that movie. I was going around the house singing - I wanted to be on Disney and everything; I wanted to be a princess.
It wasn't until 2013 that I even started working in film. It was always something I wanted to do from six, but I didn't know how to get there other than working really hard and going to New York and doing theater like I saw on the bios of some of my favorite actors.
I was probably four when I knew that I wanted to be a singer.
From the time I was 2, I told my mom I was going to be a singer. And she'd say, 'Sure, honey, and tomorrow you'll want to be a dancer.'
By the time I was in fifth grade, I was dreaming of the Pulitzer Prize.
