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"We're all just trying to fit in and find ourselves, particularly when we're growing up."
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"Well I had my kids so young that I kind of feel that I'm a kid too and am growing up with them. The things they're interested in tend to really influence me."

"Growing up, mostly in Montreal, I was an only child of loving parents."

"I don't mind snakes. Growing up in South Africa there were a couple a snakes around... and I'm not talking just about the government!"

"Well, when I was growing up it was Ozzie and Harriet on TV - nobody's parents were like that."

"I always felt like I was a freak when I was growing up and that there was something wrong with me because I couldn't fit in anywhere."

"I haven't had a lot of celebrities around me growing up."

"As a Latino growing up in Spanish harlem, it's not easy trying not to be hot-headed."

"Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star."

"You get used to sadness, growing up in the mountains, I guess."

"My kids have a competitive drive I never had growing up."
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"It's really important to remember that most people in the public eye are human for a start and a lot of things that you read in the media get slightly misconstrued and manipulated."

"The truth sets you free. It's a very liberating thing, when you say this is who I am warts and all and then you can just get on with life. It's amazing."

"I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles."

"I have always wanted a solo career, deep in the darkest pit of myself, but I didn't dare admit it to myself even. It took me a long time to confront my fears."

"There will always be a few people who just want to knock you down or are jealous or just want to be horrible for the sake of it. I don't know what drives someone to be nasty."

"I have been wearing black, which was a reaction to the Ginger thing. But now I have hopes and I can be anything. Tomorrow I might be naked with a feather boa, who knows?"

"I want to communicate through my music. If you want to know Geri Halliwell listen to my album: it tells you more about me than a documentary ever could."

"I'm never getting too lonely because it's the kind of disease where you might sit in front of the TV with three bags of biscuits, rather than communicate with the world."
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