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I grew up always wanting to be a part of 'Idol,' and I never thought I would make it as far as I did. I was really lucky, and it's given me the opportunities that I have now.

I don't think there's a problem with being a teen idol, if that happens to me, I'll be happy to deal with it.

When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.

I had this sort of idolatry for certain actors who preceded me, people who inspired me, so I'm honored to be that way for young actors.

I think anybody who's doing work in their teen years on TV or in the movies, you're a teen idol by default.

They were marketing me as a teen idol, when the stuff on the record was not what teen idols were doing at the time.

I felt like I got more comfortable on 'Idol' when I just started being myself and not trying to be what I thought I had to be.

I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.