My father had never watched tennis, never liked tennis too much. He said, 'OK, we buy a racket, we watch together,' because we didn't know anything. It was a process of learning together that made it more interesting.

My nutritionist has done a great job in changing my diet after we established I am allergic to things like gluten - I can't eat pizza, pasta and bread. I have lost some weight, but my movement is sharper and I feel great.

All children have rights and those rights must be protected.

My mother is a special story. She went through so much to bring us up, four men at home, especially when our country was going through really difficult times.

My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.

Puberty was the main culprit in ending my acting career. I went from being kind of this chunky little kid to looking different, and I was really bummed because I loved acting.

Yes, my pageant career was incredibly short. I started at 19 and was done at 21. I started by competing for Miss California Teen, which I wound up winning, and I literally just entered the contest on a whim!

Even during my career, when I read all those great things about me, it's almost like I was reading about someone else. It's almost like there was another person.