Zendaya

My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.

I've loved Michael Jackson since the minute I was born. He's probably the most talented person ever. He was able to create such an amazing career and be probably the biggest star we've ever had.

I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.

I hate the bad rap that people give my parents. Because they are just parents, really, at the end of the day trying to stand up for their daughter and themselves.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.