Am I Latin? Am I American? What

Nowadays I'd Describe Myself As Earnest, Terribly Earnest. I'm The Person Who Wants Everybody In The Room To Feel Important And Happy.

Sometimes I Worry More About Losing Weight Than Gaining Weight, Because This Is How People Know And Accept Me. I Do Feel Like If I Wanted To Get In Better Shape, There Might Be A Backlash Of, Why Isn't She Comfortable With Herself Anymore? So I Try To Figure Out What My Own Goals Are.

Kids Not Only Understand [a Dark Story] But Appreciate It … Because In The Real World There's Fear, And Dark Things Happen No Matter How Young You Are. People Lose Parents, People Lose Friends … There's Darkness In The World. So I Think When Kids Are Talked To In That Way, They Appreciate It. They're Not Being Given Some Candy-coated, 'oh, This Is A World Where There Are No Stakes.' I Think That Actually Insults Their Intelligence.

What’s Hard About Being On The Other Side Of The World Is That Sometimes The Problem Feels So Big That Changing One Life Doesn’t Feel Like Enough. But It Is.

I Could Have Easily Been Too Afraid To Say 'yes' To Chicago, Because It Requires So Much I Haven't Done Before. If I Am A Flop At Singing And Dancing, Maybe My Love For It Will Carry Me Through.