Aly Michalka

I love HBO and Showtime, especially Showtime. I'm a huge 'Dexter' fan, and I love 'Weeds.' That would be cool to do a recurring role on a show like that.

You really have to have a voice, especially as a female. You've got to be strong-minded and really focus on what your goal is - you can't be all over the place.

I think that, as an actor, you have to break out eventually, and if you do it properly, it can be something that's positive.

I laugh at absurdity hardest, then stories, then observations, then bearded men on roller skates.

Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.

Although I write to entertain, and try to keep my work free of didacticism, I do have a rather passionate belief in our need to be connected to - and to learn from - history.