My parents are both average size. For them to have a child who was very, very different and very, very small must have been incredibly hard.
I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.
Medicine really matured me as a person because, as a physician, you're obviously dealing with life and death issues, issues much more serious than what we're talking about in entertainment. You can't get more serious than life and death. And if you can handle that, you can handle anything.