SM: Are you from a showbiz family?
Christy Carlson Romano: No, but my family [members] are all overachievers. My sister is a personal trainer and my other sister is an attorney. My brother works for the World Bank in DC and is my financial advisor. My mom was my personal manager up until a couple of years ago. She always pushed me in front of the stage, like, “Sing, sing, sing! Smile, smile!” You have to though. You cannot do this alone, you just can’t. You have to have such arrogance in order to really be a star. And if you don’t have arrogance you have to have a whole Team Christy.

SM: Who is your Team Christy?
Christy Carlson Romano: It’s mostly my family. I dedicated my book to them because they are the ones that are there at the end of the day. I was sitting in bed last night realizing I can’t do this alone. There are times when I don’t think about the stuff that I’ve accomplished, but about the stuff that I have to accomplish in order to be up there with girls like Scarlett [Johansson]. There’s a lot of pressure.