Donna Rice Hughes Quotes
Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked.
In my case, I learned that although God loves us, he doesn't grant us immunity from the consequences of our choices.
Returning to South Carolina meant getting a normal job in a normal town with normal people and marrying a normal person. I wanted the glamour and opportunity of the world.
Since it was too difficult to get into the Screen Actor's Guild in New York, I moved to Miami in 1982 and started a successful career as a television commercial actress, obtaining my SAG card there.
I've had to recover not only from a single well-publicized incident, but several years of press aftermath.
It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.
At thirteen I began modeling, doing my first television commercial in ninth grade for Pizza Hut.
Before the group left, Gary asked for my phone number, and the next day he called to ask me to dinner that night. I had no idea he was married, but I found out that night.
I'm stronger knowing that while Donna Rice could be sold, she could not be bought.
If pornographers can hook adolescents when their hormones are raging, they know they'll have an ongoing consumer base for life.
I stared at the television in shock, watching as my private life was revealed to the world.
I had gained so much confidence through my college achievements that I wanted to tackle the world.
Parents are the weak link in the chain when it comes to protecting their children.
So on May 1, 1987, at Gary's invitation, I agreed to see him one last time - to confront him face-to-face about his sincerity and with the intention of ending our brief relationship.
