For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.

I come from a country where you don't wear clothes most of the year. Nudity is the most natural state.

It's not vanity to feel you have a right to be beautiful. Women are taught to feel we're not good enough, that we must live up to someone else's standards. But my aim is to cherish myself as I am.

I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did.

For 15 years, I've been playing the same character - which is myself - and I'm bored with 'myself'.

A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest.

I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was really all about wearing the tutu.