A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn't like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.

It doesn't matter how old you are, or what you do in your life, you never stop needing your mom.

If being crazy means living life as if it matters, then I don't mind being completely insane.

Ultimately, you just have one life. You never know unless you try. And you never get anywhere unless you ask.

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.

Femininity for me means happiness and freedom...freedom of being who you are in whatever shape or size you come in.

Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

Because of the person I am I won't be knocked down — ever. They can say I'm fat, I'm thin, I'm whatever, and I'll never stop. I just won't. I've got too much to do. I've too much to be happy about.

I have no regrets. If you regret things, you're sort of stepping backwards. I'm a believer in going forwards.

Life is short, and it is here to be lived.

Bitterness is a choice, not an option.

The mentor-mentee relationship is ideally like that of the guru and disciple: motivated by the desire of the guru to impart knowledge to the disciple.

You write to find out what you believe.

Japanese women live in fear of making the least sound in a bathroom stall. Japanese men pay no attention to the subject whatsoever.

I don't care to be good, Sheriff. I care to be whole.

I think it's better to be involved in one or two movies a year.

My first shoot was on a rooftop in swimsuits with two plus-size models who were curvy and voluptuous and beautiful, and they taught me so much about being beautiful in any shape or size.

The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.

I'm a really humble person and I'm a really on-the-go person. For me, it's never that serious.

It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.