I originally wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to be Kylie Minogue. My dad thought that was a very silly ambition and introduced me to drama classes. Once I became fixated on that, there was no stopping me.
I never dreamed of being a pop star when I was a child.
Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.
I think, especially in pop culture, we're brought up to think that a normal pop star is this pretty, well-kept-together girl.
It will shock many - I've lived a full life and really enjoyed my time as a pop star.
You realise that people do things differently to each other and, more and more, I realise that there's no right or wrong. You can be a pop star and singing cabaret, and the entertainment of it is your flamboyance, it is your attitude.
Initially, the best thing about being in L.A. was the girls - they loved me. It was like being a pop star.
I wouldn't say pop stars hit on me - that's just stuff the papers make up.
It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.
In the early days I had a very black-and-white view of everything. I think that's kind of natural for anyone who's just embraced Islam - or any religion - as a convert. It was important for me to duck out of the fast and furious life I'd been living as a pop star. I was in a different mood.
