I went to an all-girls school, and I always felt like I missed out on a traditional high-school life.

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

Ann did detention like Whitney Houston did cocaine—frequently and without consideration of the consequences.

I met my agent when I was 10 years old on a family skiing vacation. He asked if I was interested in acting, and I had been doing school plays. A couple of years later, I called him up, and I started auditioning.

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

I did grow up in Los Angeles. I actually didn't start acting until I was sixteen, so I was very removed from the Hollywood scene. I had always been in my school plays, but my mom and dad wanted to keep me out of the business until I was old enough to know who I was and not let anyone change me.