I had professional stunt racers teaching me how to drive

I'm really not that weird. I'm a combination of a lot of different things. Maybe it's just easier to make me look weird than another model who is specifically Caucasian.

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird.

I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion.

I think it's important that there is a change, especially in fashion. I'm pleased to be part of a 'new breed' of models who perhaps don't exactly fit the status quo.

I have lots of brothers and sisters, two of whom are younger than myself, so I rely on my phone, text messaging or e-mailing to stay in the loop and communicate when I'm away for big chunks of time.

I lived in London for eight years and I like to say that I am two parts American and one part British because I lived there for a third of my life

I'm pretty athletic, but I'm not very strong.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

The electron, as it leaves the atom, crystallises out of Schrodinger's mist like a genie emerging from his bottle.

Our past is a novel that we are constantly revising.

It doesn't matter how big a ranch you own or how many cows you brand, the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.

What makes you imagine ... that anything of importance can be taught in a school?

I had four gold medals, but you can't eat four gold medals.

Humor is not a mood but a way of looking at the world.

I'm not a vampire movie fan, per se. That's not to say that I haven't enjoyed movies with vampires in them.

Things have slowed down considerably since the new series has started airing and I am currently looking for work. It has been a nice year-long vacation nonetheless.

I could work out a lot of my emotions by going to class and dancing.

I became a journalist at 17. A few hours later, I saw my first dead body, which was somewhat... colourful. That's when I learned you can go on throwing up after you run out of things to throw up.