If I have a day off, I want to get on a plane and go to Paris! If I have a couple hours off work, I want to run to the market and make a four-course meal. I like to do things that are unexpected.

You know it's right when you feel this undeniable connection and chemistry.

I don't care how stylish something is if it doesn't flatter me.

It's much easier to cheat than it is to be loyal. Everyone goes through down times. You just don't put yourself in those situations, you know?

I was brought up to believe that there is no such thing as failure as long as I'm trying my best. So I've had a 'blood, guts and glory' approach through my whole life.

This is what I signed up for. I’m not here going ‘Oh, they’re so mean to me, and it’s so hard for me.’ What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight. They pay me for it.

I love to cook. I spend weekends reading cookbooks - it's really my relaxation.

I have tons of sunglasses. My husband won't let me buy another pair because I lose them all the time.

If I could have a special power in real life I'd love to fly.

I hate pretty-looking boys. I'd rather have a guy with a potbelly than one who's in the gym all the time and watches what he eats.

I'm a big fan of glamour. It's something I don't think there's enough of in Hollywood anymore. I enjoy putting on a sexy dress and heels. I want to work it.

A problem is an opportunity to find a new way.

Take the risk, and just be.

Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt.

Every day is the same thing out the door Feel further away then ever before Some things in life, it gets too late to learn Well, I'm lost somewhere I must have made a few bad turns

My primary interest has always been about exploring the human psyche and humanity.

Divorce is brutal and horrible and... you have to actively work to get your life back on track.

The life of this world is nothing but the harmony of opposites

I had a lot of problems in my life. I've been a sickly kid, I had a strange life. They said I could have been blind, handicapped, asthmatic, there were all kind of different problems about me.

There comes a time in your life where you're called to not only reinvent yourself but to rebuild your spirit. It's so relevant today.