French women don't eat Wonder Bread.

When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds.

I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas.

I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the dining room, which has a window with a view of the city and in the distance the Statue of Liberty.

Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating and dieting, the obesity problem in France would be much worse than what has struck America.

Expensive clothes with inappropriate or inexpensive shoes may send an unflattering message.