Rise looks around, and toward the "stage" opening.

"I don't...well, I guess I do know. For all that being famous is great, there's just so much pressure," she says. "If you do good, everyone watches your every move, and if you do bad, they forget you in a second, and that's if you're lucky."

She takes a deep breath and sighs. "And what happens if you quit, then decide you really love it and want to go back? I don't know whether I'm more scared that no one cares, or that some people do."