I tried everything from basketball to volleyball to soccer, but dancing was the only thing I never complained about.

I wanted to be a professional dancer my whole life.

I started competing internationally when I was still in school. Every summer I would travel abroad to England because England was the place to be for ballroom dancing.

At 19, I turned professional, and I moved to New York. Then I got the call to do 'Dancing With The Stars,' so I moved to L.A. when I was 20 and did it for 18 seasons - about two a year - until I was 30.

'DWTS' really made me feel confident, and has given me a lot of just self-worth within myself and realizing that I don't need a man to be successful and that I could do a lot on my own, and have my own voice and have my own opinion.

I went through child abuse, and I also went through abuse with dating a couple of boyfriends in high school. I also have gone through a divorce.

It's really hard for me to beat around the bush or lie, so sometimes the truth hurts.

I've had a lot of little girls write to me saying that they want to be dancers and that I've inspired them.

Just being known for a skill you've worked on your entire life is an amazing feeling.

I'm just a normal 22-year-old girl who likes to go out, go to movies, have fun, hang out with my friends, get manicures.

Sometimes people can get lost within the crowd, but we have to remember that ballroom dancing is an intimate sport where people look into your story and not the other way around. It's so important to just stay focused as a couple and that you don't let your adrenaline get the best of you by dancing too fast to the music or whatever.

You know, men are very tough and they don't want to ever say that they need a break or that they are in pain.

I definitely want to be a mom.

I believe in everything in moderation, including exercise.

When you obsess about fitness goals they become unhealthy and impossible to achieve.

Being on 'Dancing with the Stars' is an amazing opportunity. I consider myself lucky to be a part of the show and to be able to share my passion and love of dance with such a huge audience while managing to train a few celebrities in ballroom dance along the way.

I live by green tea with lemon and honey.

I've always been kind of a play-by-the-rules girl; I tend to like things structured, predictable, and sometimes even a little boring.

I was partnered with the singer Drew Lachey of the popular group 98 Degrees. Drew and I complemented each other with our strengths. I was good at dancing and teaching dance, and he was a good student and a natural-born ham for the cameras.

I love to dance. I love to perform. I love to entertain.

I always love being able to dance with athletes because they just know how to be coached.

I love working with kids.

I had people body-shaming me when I gained a lot of weight and as a teenager, your body is going to change. To get through it, you need to have great family and friends.

I'm not a yeller. But I am strict.

I still go through times when I'm down. I don't feel like I'm that strong woman that people think I am today.

Dance was my escape from reality.

I was able to start building my confidence and know that I don't need anybody to be happy.

I just saw the movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and fell in love with that city.

You may have read that I went to M.I.T. In 1982 I filled out a Who's Who survey with joking responses, and they never bothered to check the facts.

I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.

The raising of an eyebrow, how you do it; when you look, how you look. All those little things are physical.

For one thing, you need a lot of self-confidence to be on the top of your field. There are times probably where I appear to be over-confident or arrogant. It's really in the eye of the beholder.

With Clinton, there's no question that I would have made fun of his out-and-out lying. But he's also a good friend.

Parrots make great pets. They have more personality than goldfish.

I've always loved the 'Weekend Update' people.

It's never a good idea for a celebrity to sign autographs or take pictures if a crowd is gathering.

I turned down 'American Gigolo.' There are many films - like 'Ghostbusters' - that I turned down... The first one I did was 'Foul Play' with Goldie Hawn, but I turned down 'Animal House' - I turned that down.

I'm Chevy Chase, and you're not.

When you stop to realize that Abraham Lincoln was probably never seen by more than 400 people in a single evening, and that I can enter over 40 million homes in a single evening due to the power of television, you have to admit the situation is not normal.

Live a life of grace. You'll be a better person for it, and so will your children.

All those car battles with my brother Ned were excellent training. Even now, on the set, if we're getting into a vehicle, I'll yell 'shotgun' first. Thus forcing Steve Martin into the back of the car.

Comparing 'Christmas Vacation' to 'It's A Wonderful Life' is the silliest thing. That film starred the greatest movie actor of all time, and the idea that our movie could ever be connected in some fashion to something so brilliant and beautiful always made feel like, 'That's all they had to write about?'

'Weekend Update' can be presented as a full 20-minute sketch, and there's a lot of room there.

A laugh is a surprise. And all humor is physical. I was always athletic, so that came naturally to me.

All preconceptions when you laugh go out the window. Laughter kills it.

I was a young, new, hot star, and I had this unbelievable arrogance. As time went on, the strident narcissism and arrogance slowly diminished. But I was definitely there. I'm older now. And a big crybaby.

Yes, I've seen Louis CK. I wouldn't in any way make a degrading remark about Louis CK, but the question is do I think anyone is funny? And the answer is not too many people. He might fit right in there.

What interests me is being alive and being with friends that I care about and being as creative as I can given circumstance.

I have three daughters. I wanted them to be raised where there are real seasons and where everyone their age wasn't trying to get into movies.

The fact was, Ford kept stumbling around. I didn't want him in the White House. I wanted Carter in, and I had a forum of 20 million people watching.