I'm a hard worker and I really give to my fans through my shows.

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.

If we could only turn back time

Help your child see others' emotions as well as experiencing his or her own without imposing your judgment.

A storyteller makes up things to help other people

I don't want to say [the teams] are mirror images of each other, ... but there's a lot of similarities on both sides of the ball.

Ennui is the echo in us of time tearing itself apart.

What we are seeking to do is not melt the map of America. We are seeking to melt the self, the solid form that we consider ourselves to be.

As a citizen of the post-historical variety, I am in continual mourning and prepared for worse.

When someone is kissing you passionately, you feel passionate!

I have said this in the past and I will continue to repeat it as long as I live: Whoever tries to hurt our national unity is my enemy until the day of judgement.

The most important thing you can teach actors is to understand plays.