Sanjaya's advice: Go for it!
If I let criticism eat me up, I would not have been perform effectively," he said.
About his changing hairstyle, he said, "I did what I was comfortable with. I never tried to be someone else. I had to be true to myself. If you are going to be acting, and conveying a false image, people will see you through in no time."
In the picture: Sanjaya gets slimed on Nickelodeon's ME:TV in New York City.
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