In my ideal world, no child would suffer. Charitable instincts would prevail. There would be global acceptance of all different types of people.

I'm really not that special. Really, I'm not. I was on a big TV show, but it was just a TV show.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up, but I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

I got rid of my glasses and they changed my hair. That's really all they did. They went shopping for me, so the clothes are different too. It wasn't like Extreme Makeover where I got a nose job or anything.

My mother taught me that we all have the power to achieve our dreams. What I lacked was the courage.

As long as you're living right, then you don't have to worry about what people see.

I cannot raise a child to lie or to hide things. I wasn't raised that way, and I'm not going to raise a child to do that.