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I've Been So Blessed Because I've Had Such Longevity. I'm Not A Big Red Carpet Girl. But I Love The Work. In This Business, You Can Be At The Top Of The World And At The Bottom Of The Barrel, And You're Grape Juice. I've Been At Both Ends. It Can Make You Become What You Really Are.

I Have To Make A Living, And I Have Been In A Few Films I Wish I Hadn't Been In, But I Don't Know Where Things Will Lead Me Next, And That's Exciting.

There Are Movies That I Did And I Know What I Did And I Know The Story, And I Don't Want To See That.

You'd Think With All The Magazines And The Covers And All The Sexy Stuff I've Done, That That's Hugely A Part Of Me. But Even Though I've Played Those Roles And I've Dressed Up And Been On The Covers Of These Things And Done This And That, It Is All Such Pretense. So I Just Thought, "i Can't Be One Of Those Girls. I Wear Bib Jeans. I Don't Wear Underwear Like That. I Don't Move In The World Like That." You Know, I'm More Bare-footed Rastafarian, Crazy.

I Went To The University Of Georgia For A Year Before I Left, And Then I Went To Live With Eileen Ford In New York For The Modeling Agency. I Thank God I Could Do That Because All The Other Kids Were Getting Jobs Doing Other Things, And When I Got To New York, I Was Very Blessed. I Didn't Have To Stop And Be A Waitress. I Started Making Money At A Very Young Age And Was Just Very Lucky.