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Actress Lea Michele talks to Dr. Oz about how she conquered her acne and insecurities. Learn her secrets to health and happiness!

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00:00 (audience applauding)

00:00 My guest today knows a lot about finding oneself

00:03 in the middle of life's most enthralling highs

00:06 and emotional lows.

00:07 At just 27, she succeeded in ways that defy her age.

00:11 At the core of how she's navigated life's obstacles

00:14 are the lessons she's learned about bouncing back,

00:16 both physically and emotionally.

00:18 Now she's putting it all down in her first book,

00:20 "Brunette Ambition."

00:22 Lea Michele, come on out.

00:24 (audience applauding)

00:27 (upbeat music)

00:29 Hello.

00:35 How are you?

00:36 How are you?

00:37 Good, thank you.

00:38 You look wonderful.

00:39 Thank you so much, thanks.

00:40 Hello.

00:42 Thanks for being here.

00:43 Is this me?

00:44 You pick one, you should get one.

00:46 (laughing)

00:47 Once in a while people will sit here, but it's up to you.

00:49 Okay.

00:50 You have a good side and a bad side?

00:51 You, they both look good to me.

00:53 I don't know, I feel, wait.

00:54 Yeah, this is good, I think.

00:56 (laughing)

00:57 So I gotta say, I follow your success,

00:59 and all the wonderful things you've been able to do,

01:01 but with that comes all the media scrutiny.

01:03 How do you stay grounded?

01:04 How do you find perspective?

01:06 A good dinner with my mom and dad,

01:08 and my big Italian family,

01:10 no matter what's going on in the world,

01:12 or in this business, that is just my,

01:16 that is my home, that's my heart.

01:18 You seem very confident.

01:19 Have you always been that way, driven and achieving?

01:22 You know, I have a wonderful, wonderful, you know,

01:25 family that really has always made me feel so comfortable

01:28 in my own skin, and in my body,

01:30 and with who I am, and how I am,

01:32 and you know, they really instilled great confidence in me,

01:35 and I'm so thankful for that,

01:36 because it does allow me in this world, in life,

01:40 and also in this business, to go out feeling, you know,

01:43 so strong, and then able to achieve anything.

01:46 You mentioned your skin, comfortable in your own skin.

01:49 This is a fantastic book, by the way.

01:50 Thank you so much, I'm so proud of it.

01:52 You should be.

01:53 (audience applauding)

01:55 It's beautifully laid out, you know,

01:57 you've done smart things to help tell the story

01:59 of how you've gotten where you are.

02:01 And I love the soulful elements of it.

02:03 I'm just gonna read one little passage that caught me.

02:05 I didn't expect this, but you brought up the skin issue,

02:08 so I'm gonna read this.

02:09 You know those kids who become nearly suicidal

02:11 about their acne.

02:12 Yeah.

02:13 I've walked that fine line.

02:14 Yeah, it was pretty, it was really bad.

02:16 I actually went on Accutane twice,

02:19 and it's a very intense, you know, medicine for your skin,

02:22 causes, as you know, it causes a lot of emotional,

02:26 but also really changes your appearance

02:28 and the process of it making you, you know,

02:31 eventually getting better.

02:33 And it was so hard.

02:35 And being a performer my whole life, you know,

02:38 so much of my appearance is a part of my business.

02:41 And I'm always such an outgoing person.

02:44 I feel so, you know, confident and comfortable.

02:46 And then when this happened to me, you know,

02:48 around my teens, it was really hard.

02:52 It was really hard.

02:53 And, you know, thankfully now that I'm older,

02:56 you know, it's cleared up.

02:58 And, but I always, it's always something that I have to

03:00 keep in mind to take care of and, you know,

03:04 eat well, drink lots of water, because, you know,

03:07 I owe it to my mom and dad for passing

03:09 that acne gene along to me.

03:11 So I always have to, you know, keep it in mind.

03:13 So with the perspective you now have,

03:15 what message would you give to all the young women out there

03:17 who are still struggling with acne,

03:18 trying to hide it and cope with it?

03:20 It's really rough.

03:21 It's really rough.

03:23 And especially with high schools being so brutal these days

03:26 and everyone is basing so much on your appearance.

03:29 You know, we have all these Twitters and Instagram

03:32 and that's, you know, everyone is so fixated

03:34 on how you look.

03:36 For me, you know, it was very rough.

03:38 I did everything I could to get it better,

03:40 taking very good care of myself.

03:43 Would you hide it?

03:44 How would you get, how would you go out?

03:45 When the big date was over?

03:46 I'll tell you, I at one point took a black eye line pencil

03:50 and tried to make them look like birthmarks.

03:53 And one of my girlfriends came up to me one day

03:55 and she was like, "What happened to you?"

03:57 I was like, "What do you mean?

03:58 "They're beauty marks."

04:00 So don't do that.

04:01 Speaking of skin, I just noticed this.

04:03 Why do you have a tattoo here?

04:05 I have a couple tattoos, Dr. Oz.

04:07 (laughing)

04:08 Or something that I see on you.

04:10 Yeah, they're all very small.

04:11 You know, it is sort of like,

04:12 it is a part of my culture a little bit.

04:14 Everyone in my family has tattoos

04:17 and they're all very small and respectful.

04:20 What's the significance of this one though?

04:22 This says Believe and I got it years back

04:24 when I was in a Broadway show called Spring Awakening.

04:27 So it was one of the songs in the show

04:29 and now it feels like years ago.

04:31 And I look back at it and I'm like,

04:32 "Whoa, that was a major time of my life."

04:36 I've noticed how many young people get tattoos right now.

04:39 It's the big fight I have with my daughters all the time,

04:40 to make sure they don't get tattoos.

04:42 Well, you know what?

04:43 Do what I did with my parents, get matching tattoos.

04:45 Oh, matching tattoos.

04:46 (laughing)

04:48 That's how I convinced my mom.

04:49 I was like, "Let's get a mother-daughter tattoo."

04:52 (laughing)

04:54 'Cause we love each other so much.

04:57 Now she has a butterfly on her back.

04:59 And-

05:00 Oh, I see what it is.

05:01 Is that an S?

05:01 This is a, these are musical notes.

05:03 Musical notes.

05:04 Yes.

05:04 So your body is literally singing.

05:06 Yes, with butterflies.

05:07 (laughing)

05:08 So you've gone through a wonderful growth, you know, spurt,

05:13 career-wise, emotionally, I'm sure.

05:15 What are you learning about yourself?

05:17 I'm learning how this strengthened me

05:20 that I never really knew I had.

05:23 I learned also, you know, that a lot of work is really good.

05:27 I'm definitely a workaholic.

05:29 I could fill my schedule.

05:31 I have a day planner that I write in with a pencil,

05:34 and I could literally sit there all day and pack my days,

05:36 but it's actually not that good to do,

05:38 'cause you can burn yourself out.

05:40 So finding a really good balance of work and fun

05:43 and family is the best.

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