"I believe that bringing a life into this world is the single most important thing a person can undertake, and it can also be the most challenging. I think as mothers we are all just trying our best."

"I cannot put this poison on my skin. I do not use anything synthetic."

"There's a button that goes On and I'm On. And when I go On, there is almost no me; there is just a character who is doing all this."

"I felt like my pregnancy was a sacred moment for me. I stayed in Boston and I didn't work apart from the contracts I have, and then I only let them use my face."

"If you have your wife, and you are proud of something she's done, wouldn't you go and support her in something? That is what I was trying to do."

"It was like two different photographers, and shot in three different locations and it was really fun to do. There were 12 beautiful girls in it. It was great."

"In the music I was composing I was trying to express my emotions, my so called negative emotions, which were depression, anger and so forth."

"In fact, I would go so far as to say that I am playing emotions and expressing them in a coherent public language called music."

"We're trying to find ways for our kids to give back to the community, give back to the school, ... We're also really working on giving them the work they can take with them way beyond high school."

"See my father knew a lot about music, he played the piano and he would do theory and stuff like that, but I didn't learn anything from him, but I played that for him and he liked it a lot."

"Being worshipped is a horrible experience."

"From a social perspective, I am looking for friends, not acolytes."

"I also know that I am not a great technician."

"I just want to be treated like an average guy."

"While I recognize in the back of my mind that I am an occasionally brilliant guitar composer and arranger, innovator and player."

"As for fame, it can go to your head and you can become full of yourself."

"I'm very interested in charities. I help a lot of different charities."

"I'm not an actress, you know. I don't know what's going on. And I'm supposed to be the villain."

"I never really thought about being an actress or being anything like that. I was always a bit scared as well because of the thing about models becoming an actress and all that."

"I'm a workaholic. I've been doing my job for a long time."

"If I could choose, I'd be bare feet with animals all around me and living in a tree house. Like Tarzan and Jane, that's my dream. I'm at my happiest around nature."

"I want to get a farm where I am going to live for the rest of my life. I like the idea of a secluded place."

"The most beautiful thing about Brazil that I always find that is so unlike any other place I've been in the world is the diversity of its people."

"Sometimes siblings can get in each other's space."

"I feel privileged to be a U.N. ambassador. It gives me an opportunity to use my voice to help raise awareness about important social and environmental issues."

"People think if you look after yourself you're being selfish, you know."

"People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish."

"I've always been in serious relationships. I meet someone and date him for a long period. I don't sit there thinking, like, 'I wonder if I can seduce that guy.' I have other things in my mind."

"I don't like parties. I prefer something more intimate, just for the closest people."

"It was my first scene. My first day. We could have started with me drinking a beer, something a little less than having Barbies touching each other. But they started with that."

"For too long, the world has been focused on short-term growth and development at the expense of our long-term survival as we have depleted our natural resources at historically reckless rates."

"In the beginning, you know, everyone told me, 'Your eyes are too small, the nose is too big, you can never be on a magazine cover.' But, you know what? The big nose is coming with a big personality."

"I don't like to focus on things that don't make me happy and that I can't change. I'd rather try my best to learn from it and move on."

"Sometimes doors open and other close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging. That's where I think you live your life to the fullest."

"Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds."

"I have a lot of fruit trees and my own little vegetable garden and chickens. And every time I eat, I bless my food; I say I'm grateful for for it and let it nourish every part of my body."

"I'm not a potato sack; I've never sat on my couch. If I'm home, I'm cleaning, feeding my dogs, doing stuff. Life is too precious to waste time."

"Brazil has its own fashion identity. Many very talented Brazilian designers show every season at Sao Paulo and Rio fashion weeks."

"I don't wear fur and I understand their cause. I am the biggest animal lover in the world. I have four dogs and two horses, and I have rescued animals all my life."

"I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful."

"I'm not afraid of working hard at anything, whatever it is. I just always want to be the best that I can."

"I love outdoor sports, like volleyball, and I play them whenever I can."

"I always knew that, even if I was not the most beautiful girl, I'd be the most energetic and hard-working. If you want to know the truth, that's the reason for my success."

"If you are happy, you can give happiness. If you don't love yourself and if you are unhappy with yourself, you can't give anything else but that."

"Gossip is poison."

"I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a great feeling that happens, that is telling you, I don't want to leave this room!"

"Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals."

"I'm one of these people that likes adrenaline and new things, like extreme sports. It makes me feel alive."

"I believe in taking chances and living your life. Sometimes doors open and others close and you have to figure out which one you're going to take. I'm always for the one that's challenging."

"As long as I'm a good person and I do things from the heart, that's all that matters."