Growing up, I just wanted to be like everyone else. I didn't value or understand the beauty in being different at the time in my life.

I had a job since I was 12 years old. I did everything under the sun. I pumped gas. I worked at gas stations, car washes, dry cleaners, anything and everything that I had to do to pay the bills. So for me, I know what it's like to hustle.

When I first moved from Chicago to L.A., I starred in the 'Vacation' movies as Audrey Griswald, and that was like the starring role in a Warner Brothers movie. I thought everything was made, and then six months later, I'm back auditioning.

I turned my daughter on to Strawberry Shortcake. I was really into the show when I was a kid.

Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

Nashville has a formula, and it works a lot of the time, but it wasn't right for me. They're afraid to step outside the box - even though, with me, my success came because I was outside of the box to begin with.

Eighty to 90 percent of success in a company has nothing to do with business at all - it's all personal.

Your success is in your point of view. It's your life that you're talking about; it's your observations. That's the best lesson that I ever had.