Even if you're unhappy, just pretend that you're happy. Eventually, your smile will be contagious to yourself. I had to learn that, I used to think, 'I'm being fake,' but you know what? Better to be fake and happy than real and miserable.

I cried myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because men leered and disrespected me, because they assumed things about my mental capacity or my physical willingness based on the way I look.

I'm very picky when it comes to men. I come across a man who I'm really attracted to about once every five years.

I changed jobs like I changed shirts. It was something I just like to do - I like trying my hand at everything.

Ironically, when I hit adolescence, I was approached about modeling and acting all the time. And, for five years, I said, "No, I'm not interested. I want a simple life, I don't want to be in the spotlight."

People initially think I'm a snob because I'm intensely private.

There's a massive part of me that can be bold and courageous...very strong and very assertive and independent, almost to a fault sometimes.