I want to be an all round entertainer, I want to act, make films, make albums, do whatever I can.

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.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but your words were always the hardest.

My heart balloons with admiration for these talented artists, which I so desperately want to be

Be one of those rare people who just don't know how to quit.

We usually need to have pain, trial or challenge to be motivated to learn or change. Learning in the midst of ease and prosperity comes from the pure inner soul’s inspired desire for improvement.

Take decision each single time to ascertain that you are getting the best every time.

A great obstacle to happiness is to expect too much happiness.

I'm more of a clown, a tragic clown. Yeah. I just like humor to come out of characters.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that if you tell kids they're stupid--directly or indirectly--sooner or later they start to believe it.

If your result needs a statistician then you should design a better experiment.

The man who preaches the cross must be a crucified man.