I remember, growing up, if something big - God forbid - happened, the first jokes you heard on the subject came out of Jersey.

When I was growing up, it was so embarrassing to be from Jersey.

I remember when I was growing up. My great wish was to understand who I was and how I fit in the world.

Growing up, I remember the 'Cheers' finale and 'M*A*S*H' and all these amazing finales, and I remember them being very, very important.

I remember wearing the big oversized baseball and basketball jerseys and Timbaland boots. I was a tomboy growing up. I recently caught a picture of myself, and I was like, 'God! What was I thinking about?'

My family had a business where they worked with gravestones, and I remember growing up and playing in cemeteries like it was a normal playground.