I look like people that walk down the street. I don't have perfect boobs, I don't have zero cellulite - of course I don't - and I'm curvy. If that is something that makes women feel empowered in any way, that's great.

It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.

A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn't like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.

I look very different from how people expect me to be... Clearly they think I'm a great big fat viking.

I think what you feel like as a teenager never really goes away. If you were teased for being fat or thin or having bad teeth, you're always insecure about that particular area of yourself. So I've never thought of myself as any kind of beauty, iconic or otherwise.

I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.