I wanted it more than any of the other girls, I think. It was obvious that only the ones who were willing to sacrifice everything were going to make it.

You know a lot of times you'll find girls in a club are jaded to the other girls in the club. There's a nasty vibe between the chicks in the club. It's like a pretty girl can't look at another pretty girl and say Wow she's pretty.

My major influence was my ten years older sister.

I'm not a cheerleader. I'm not trying to pretend to be sweet and then come out and be bad. This is who I am.

It was an overwhelming success with 75 girls in attendance. The turnout well exceeded our expectations.

Adapting a Judy Blume book is something I really wanted to do, and you couldn't grow up in the '90s without knowing about 'Tiger Eyes' and reading it. It should've been assigned to all teenage girls.