When posed the question, Is she a better singer or actress, Mandy Moore had this to say: "I'm mediocre at both. I'm not trying to come across as self-deprecating. I'm just being honest."
"I don't want any expectations," the 23-year-old says of her upcoming album in June. "I just want people to know that I still sing. Most people don't realize that, or else they hate my music – rightfully so."
In People magazine, Mandy says: "I'm sure I was viewed as the young, untalented one. Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera had some great pop music. And then there was Jessica Simpson. And then there was me. And that's fine."
Moore has even called her previous albums "trite, blah pop music" – but she chalks it up to the foolishness of youth. "I'm sure other people look back at things they did when they were 15 and go, 'Oh God.' That's how I feel about it. It's embarrassing."
Mandy says she feels good in her body - sometimes: "Sometimes I feel fine. Sometimes I don't feel so great. I'm a regular person. I'm not that thin. I'm okay with representing a different type that the normal Hollywood beauty ideal."
She says she was once asked to lose weight for a role, an experience she calls "mortifying": "It's hard to have someone come up and go, 'You should lose a few pounds.' And they don't say it delicately. How can you?"
