“I think going through ‘Hairspray’ and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.”

For me as an actor, there’s only so many things I can do, and this is a way, through a film, to teach and hopefully get the message out to young kids.

I watched those movies over and over when I was younger and the music is ingrained into my head. Nowadays, I’m still humming the tunes. It taught me the fundamentals.

I was influenced when I was younger by the cartoon movies that Disney put out, like Cinderella and what not.

So singing on stage, you just inevitably, when you’re around other vocal artists, you get better at singing.

Little Zac had it easy – but he didn’t realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted.

I wish I could say I see my little brother more.

High School Musical is what got me here today and I’m very grateful – but the fame part isn’t so fun.

I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he’s a good guy and really humble.

I don’t think music is done by any means. I would love to do it again but it’s finding the right thing.

I connect with people on a daily basis.

I bought an electric scooter in sixth grade. Bankrupted me.

Every day is a new experience and I take it as it comes.

My mom is the No. 1 person who has taught me to be courteous towards women.

It’s hard to film underwater. It really is tricky.

Amanda Bynes and I have become close since filming ‘Hairspray.’ It’s so weird because I grew up watching her.

Every time you make a movie you have to confront your fears.

[In] every revolution, there is a great divergence between what the revolutionaries expect and what the revolution actually accomplishes.

Animals in general have always been my passion, project, crusade – whatever you want to call it!

On general principle, I boycott shows that don’t employ actors.

In general I like a guy who is athletic, somebody who can teach me something.

So many things that are fundamental to a healthy democracy, are under attack. So I think, in general we’ve got a lot of work to do.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

People have a tendency to become elite rather than to care about the general conditions of the society, which makes me sick. It’s an unbearable condition.

These are the multinationals, like General Motors and Nestle; these are the big industrial groups that weigh, on the monetary scale, much more than big countries like Egypt.