I know, I know. It gets blonder and blonder. It's a sick addiction at this point.

I was extremely close with my parents. Breaking away from that is a double-edged sword: It's something you need to do, but it's hard to cut the apron strings.

I think everyone feels lost at times during their high school years.

Oh, no, no. In fact, the show is so funny because... last season I had had the flu and I got really skinny and the producers told me to eat. I think it's probably one of the only shows in Hollywood where the producers encourage you to eat as a young woman.

I love cartoons and childlike things, and this was my favorite. You can't escape it. It has always been on television, at least for my life. If someone would have told me when I was a kid I would be playing Velma in a Hollywood movie, I'd have said they were crazy.

[The pace is frenetic, and the performances straddle the line between the inane and the truly inspired.] Nick encouraged us to take risks, ... whether they panned out or not.