As a kid I always idolized the winning athletes. It is one thing to idolize heroes. It is quite another to visualize yourself in their place. When I saw great people, I said to myself: I can be there.

You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.

You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours - as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.