"It never grows old, putting on a beautiful dress. For me, it's a great distraction. It's always ridiculous, and it always feels like it should be happening to somebody else."

“I've always been an actor. That's my job — I can be anything you want me to be.”

“Anything having to do with food is pleasurable for me. Any conversation about food, review of food, story of food, picture of food, thought of food...”

“That's the beauty of this country — we can have different opinions and coexist and be amused by each other and hurt and offended.”

“I strangely feel better before I go through hair and makeup. Maybe that's just because I feel like me.”

“My instinct was that it felt personal. It was really about 'We don't like her.' Who were the judges and critics? I would like to ask them, 'What exactly is it that you personally find not sexy about me? Is it my figure? Is it my brain that bothers you?'”

“I didn't think I was going to be a person who other people knew, whose name was recognizable.”