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"I think I felt that I was very well known for my figure and needed to keep that up for my work. And I regret all of it. I felt fraudulent and very shameful."

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"I think my capacity to change has given me tremendous happiness, because who I am today I am completely content to be."

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"All the work built my fame and certainly made me more money, but the toll it took in my home was not good."

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"I thought, while they're up and firm, why not shoot them once or twice."

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"It was during a cosmetic procedure that I first had painkillers."

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"With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent."

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"Being an actor, you are recognized for being somebody else, whereas these books are distilled from me."

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"My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number."

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"I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling - and maybe make it easier for women my age who had probably felt bad about themselves."

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