I can draw really well. And I like to paint. I'm a bit of an artist.

You don't really know how beautiful a girl is, until you meet her, all her beauty is in her personality.

Personally, I was never the cool kid. I was always sort of a bookworm.

I believe in destiny. I believe destiny opens doors for you, but it's up to you to walk through them.

Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.

When you're young everything feels like the end of the world, but its not; its just the beginning.

If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.

High School Musical has been a blessing and a gift.

I wish I could say I see my little brother more. We used to fight all the time but now that I don't see him very often I cherish the time I have with him.

Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming 'Hairspray.' It's so weird because I grew up watching her.

Wisdom tolerates blustered opinions, the better to dismiss them later with discovery.

Because she was a blank mural and you wrote all over her.

One man's trash is another man's treasure, and the by-product from one food can be perfect for making another.

Know how to live the time that is given you.

Let yourself be gutted. Let it open you. Start here.

We like to think of life as a constant ... Yet it can be ended in a heartbeat.

If you want good sketches, go pick up Sid Caesar. The best of Your Show of Shows. That's the greatest sketch comedy you'll ever see on television.

There's a great freedom you get when you're making TV that you don't get when you're doing film.

Black women must challenge black men to live up to their best in every arena of the culture - at job, at home, in school and in religious arenas.

Being actors is a strange job. To try to go live that out, it's a very strange thing to want to do when you step back and think about it.