Dylan Penn

I didn't want to go to college, and my parents said, 'Well, then you'd better get a job, because we're not paying for you to drop out of school.' So I delivered pizza near USC for a while. We had to wear khakis and a baseball hat with the logo on it, and I worked almost every day.

Kids my age never left California. And here I was, going to school with Aboriginal kids in a dream-like location.

When I was 14, in Cuba, I met Fidel Castro with my dad, and it was really impressive. And on a totally different level, I met Justin Timberlake!

It's sad that because I have one friend who is in the public eye, just being seen out together once means we're romantically involved. But I don't take it seriously, and it doesn't really affect me much.

I like doing the editorial stuff because it's nice to do something that's more me. But modeling for brands and the things to make money... I guess I don't really like being the mannequin. It's a very strange concept.

You're at a party or an event, and you're interacting with other people, but there's no shame in getting your camera out and getting your perfect angle. It's bizarre to me.

I think my parents love that I want to do something a little different than what they do.

I can't imagine dating someone famous. I try to stay away from that as much as I can.

My truest passion is writing, so I continue to do that on my own while seeing what all the buzz is about being in front of the camera.

I like to write, and I would love to be a screenwriter one day and a director.

I love telling stories; I always have, and I think women need to be more proactive about telling their own stories and sharing their points of view.

Modeling is not a passion of mine. I have been having fun with it, but it's just to pay the bills.