I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

What's becoming very obvious to me is that fashion is art.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

I do my best work when I feel conviction to say something through the character I play. Always I want to have integrity and not compromise that.

I was bullied by my siblings and cousins, so make-believe was a way in which I could be in charge. When I was like 10 and my sister was about five, I convinced her that she was going to jail because she used a bad word. The doorbell happened to ring, and I told her it was the police. I made her pack her bags. She was crying, and then I said to her, "I forgive you, and I'm gonna tell the cop to go away." Then, of course, she loved me. It was terrible - she still remembers it. I had a sordid sense of humor.