After five months I swore I’d never get pregnant again. I got so huge and it felt like someone had taken over my body.

Remember, people only rain on your parade because they're jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

If I don't like something that's going on in my life, I change it. And I don't sit and complain about it for a year.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

Embrace your curves and who you are. I feel proud if young girls look up to me and say, "I'm curvy, and I'm proud of it now".

I'm not trying to influence anyone else; I'm not saying, "Do what I do." I think it's a little pretentious to say, "I'm a role model"; I would never say that, and I don't think of myself that way.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

It's time to recognise the Armenian Genocide.

Take and chance and don't ever look back. Never have regrets, just lessons learned.

I love the sun but don't have the time to get a good tan and keep it year-round, so I am a huge fan of tanning products.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.

The more we learn and stretch our comfort zone, the better our ability will be.

Do not trust an architect: he will always try to talk you into an atrium.

I would love to work in international movies just because the talent all around the world is great. There's a lot of good talent and the audience base is bigger.

I don't go out to parties because I'd look terrible in pictures. My escape is television - it's like meditation to me.

If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.

I work to take care of my family, not the other way around.

It's nearly impossible for a criminal to come from a good mother.

I'm a method actor as well as a method singer.

I always talked to my players about today. It's the only day that matters.