Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

Models are just mannequins seeking validation at the hands of sleazy fashion people.

You can't respect yourself if you're afraid to be who you are.

I have always been very rebellious and gone against the grain. I've always challenged the standards set before me.

It requires bravery to do something no one else around you is doing.

What I really love about the Playboy bunny outfit, is it's all about a woman's silhouette.

You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.

It's my job in Hollywood to find roles where I get to be a character not a bathing suit.

If you want to do something, you find a way.

All I've ever needed is myself.

I personally think that if you deny something or if you hide something you're inadvertently admitting it's wrong.

Always choose love

Break my heart, he said. "Break it in pieces. I give you my permission.

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.

I have learnt to appreciate the clarity of English language.

If beginnings terrify you, or if you just plain don't like writing them, or if they bore you, skip 'em.

Do I love him? Yes. But when the final battle comes, I'll have to kill him. That's just our reality. We both know exactly where we stand."- Francesca

I don't think you should ever insult people unintentionally: if you're doing it, you ought to mean it.

Probably your first agent is going to be some guy who also handles dog acts.

Those who manage change in modern organizations need to learn to dance, to become healers capable of releasing collective energy to heal the wounds of change.

Love is nourished only by sacrifices, and the more a soul refuses natural satisfactions, the stronger and more disinterested becomes her tenderness.