I auditioned on my own. I tried to make a mark for myself without anybody's help, not even Mom's

Being active and good health is the most important beauty regime because that will affect you for the rest of your life.

I have a big, flamboyant, open personality, which I think is why people may be saying these nice things about me.

I think that, like anything, people take their image and what they want somebody else to be and then people just run with it. And when you really know the person and really love the person, you recognize that that person is nothing like that.

Here's a history lesson: when men took power of their lands, all of a sudden, women became a prize. In order for us to be protected, we had to make sure that we had our partner on our side. We were put in a position where our vulnerability was a life and death scenario. And we were taken advantage of, and we were put in a certain place that we had never been put in before.

I'd like to be able to experience things. That's the best thing for my work - to be somebody who does get to travel and observe people.

~My favorite thing about my son is that he comes home from school and the clothes go flying! Like, clothes off, right down to the undies.~