I think tolerance and acceptance and love is something that feeds every community.

I try to not focus on what people expect from me.

I wanted to be a skinny little ballerina but I was a voluptuous little Italian girl whose dad had meatballs on the table every night.

If you don't have any shadows, you're not standing in the light.

I was so ashamed of who I was.

I'm telling you a lie in a vicious effort that you will repeat my lie over and over until it becomes true

I'm encouraging you to know what you're worth. And know that no matter who has more money in class, who has more stuff, who has a country house - nobody is worth more than anybody else.