Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

Acting forces you to ask yourself, 'Can my constitution take a decade of constant rejection?' And after ten years, you either make it or you don't. And the problem is they don't tell you in advance.

Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on

fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women. ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat, we like nice clothes, and we've got cash.

I don't even like to be naked in front of myself!

The character I play is a wonderful compilation of things I hate about myself and things I love about myself and things that I've invented to make her even more interesting than me.

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two semesters of language to get into a University of California school.