I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.

I was a wild kid. I was left to climb trees. And you know those railways logs, they piled them up, six feet apart, and I'd jump from one to the other. Without a safety net! I was an incredible tomboy.

I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.

I decided to retire from show business at the age of 17, because I didn't like it a bit.

You want success and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They bite the hand that feeds them. Eventually, too, they become very jealous of the love one has with an audience.

I wanted to be a model; I wanted to be a nurse; I wanted to be so many things, almost anything but being part of show business.