I never knew I could suffer so much. And then, at the same time, you think, now I'm ready to open myself up to life in another way, to make it worth something and make it about the right things and not waste time.

When I was starting out, I would get printouts of what was being written about me that week. At first it was all good things, and then it started to turn. I very quickly learned, "This isn't good, this isn't helping me." But it was a very important exercise for me in terms of really understanding that one's sense of self is internal. I have had an extreme opportunity to learn that lesson, and I think it's been such a blessed fortune.

Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.

I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating.

Some days I feel like everyone in my world has plugged themselves into my kidneys. I'm so tired.

For me when I was growing up, some of the happiest times were when we went to a small island called Nantucket off Massachusetts.

I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I do Tracy Anderson's dance aerobics classes.