I've worn so many things, I've tried on so many things...I've spent probably thousand of hours in fittings. I can know so quickly how something's going to feel on me, look on me. It's a pretty fast courtship. I say yes or no pretty quickly.

We're all separate and individual people.

I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts all the time.

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology.

I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful.

To be in a couple, do you have to put your single self on a shelf?

People always assume that I'm some sort of party girl, and that's such a misconception because I like staying home.