Everybody needs that one person that takes you to the right place to see all the positives in your life.

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?

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.

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.

Do not let arrogance go to your head and despair to your heart.

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.

The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.

Remember, men need laughter sometimes more than food.

But I'm very careful with opinions because I never know what the truth is. When I read what the press says about me, I don't really believe what it says about other people.

There are things which need to be shown in the trailer in order to let the audience know what kind of film it is that they're going to be expecting to see.

Glory to he who brings dispute.

The imagination is both interpretative and creative in nature.

The nice thing about animation is that you can realise your inventions without understanding all the hard theory.

Lasting achievement, whatever the endeavor, comes from a commitment to excellence every step of the way.