The female body is something that's so beautiful. I wish women would be proud of their bodies and not diss other women for being proud of theirs.

I'm an ocean, because I'm really deep. If you search deep enough you can find rare exotic treasures.

So, where's the Cannes Film Festival being held this year?

You can never be too perfect, too thin, too curvy. I'm very confident and happy with my body.

I am Ecuadorian but people felt so safe passing me off as a skinny, blue-eyed white girl.

I don't think there is such a thing as being too raunchy when it comes to the art form of burlesque.

There was no way in hell I was going to jeopardize my baby for my show.

Blues and soul and jazz music has so much pain, so much beauty of raw emotion and passion.

I love theatrics and have a huge imagination: Why would I want to sit onstage and sing a bunch of ballads back-to-back?

I remember watching the Grammys and looking at the performances and crying to my mom, saying how much I wanted to be there.

It's always nerve-wracking when you're hosting "Saturday Night Live." You either sink or swim.

They may try to stop you by their words and deeds, but like air you will rise above it all. You are unstoppable

You're either growing or dying. Stagnation does not exist in the universe.

Being in love with someone who doesn't love you back is a tragedy. A fantasy is having someone understand the real you and love you anyway.

I don't talk for the sake of talking. I do become intoxicated with sound. When I open my mouth, it's to say something.

The earth is, of course, not the geometric center of the universe. But it is certainly the center of our lives.

I think it is important to do what you believe in and ignore the critics.

Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

Never complain about the officiating. It does no good. During the game I don't want to be fighting two opponents.

Every director is themselves; [they're] not playing a part.

Christianity is not a doctrine, not truth as truth, but the knowledge of a Person; it is knowing the Lord Jesus. You cannot be educated into being a Christian.