I discovered that joy is not the negation of pain, but rather acknowledging the presence of pain and feeling happiness in spite of it.

It's great to have something to dress up for. You know, I spent three years in slacks at drama school, so now I like putting a dress on.

My immediate family was always very supportive. It was my own fear of the rest of the world not accepting me, the rest of our society not accepting my wish to be an actor.

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

I think beauty is an expression of love.

It's only when you risk failure that you discover things. When you play it safe, you're not expressing the utmost of your human experience.

I come from a loving, supportive family, and my mother taught me that there are more valuable ways to achieve beauty than just through your external features. She was focused on compassion and respect, and those are the things that ended up translating to me as beauty.