CATHERINE OXENBERG

I truly believe the eating disorder is gone. The discovery of what was at the bottom of it lifted me, and I walked into a different phase of my life.

My father told me I couldn't possibly be a model because I was too short. He's very protective. I did it partly to prove him wrong.

I think there are different levels of forgiveness.

When it's supposed to be, when it's the right thing. I have a very strong opinion about things and what works best for me in terms of manifesting my desires.

I do get in the water, but I was ruined by 'Jaws' 'cause I saw it when I was 13. Before that, I used to get in the water everywhere and never thought twice about it. After watching 'Jaws,' I was scared of the water. I have Steven Spielberg to thank for giving me another phobia.

When I was younger, we'd stay at stately homes, and at the end of dinner, women would have to leave the table. I used to sit there. I wouldn't leave. I felt England should come out of the Victorian era.

My mother used 'Cinderella' as the antidote of what was in store for me.

Since we're all Mother Earth's children, I like to think that more and more of us will be out there helping her against those who are hurting her.

It's amazing what one positive role model in your life can do in five minutes.

When my father was very young, he performed in Billy Rose's Aquacade.

What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see is the silly side of me.

I didn't think I could conceive.

I've always been concerned about the environment. Becoming a mother only intensified my concern. I became even more alarmed about what we are doing to the earth and what our children will inherit as a result.

When I left England and announced I was going to be an actress, the Windsors stopped speaking to me.

Parents do not know what their kids are doing.

I know there'll be comparisons, but I consider it an honor to be compared to Audrey Hepburn. She's a legend.

Things are not always as they seem.

Fear doesn't enter into my vocabulary. Fear is the gateway to the next step in my development.

Quite frankly, anything you have you will be told is detrimental or is an asset by whomever you run into, and in the end, you can't listen to anybody about anything.

That was mandatory in the contract with Aaron Spelling, that if you were contracted to do one of his shows, you had to do any other shows that were his.

There's been a ham in every generation of our family.

I'm a prankster with a Monty Python sense of humor that somehow gets misrepresented in those tacky supermarket publications as bratty, snotty, and rude.

I've had relationships with men who are simply not willing to change their lifestyle. That's fine if you're unformed as a woman and you're able to blend yourself into something that's a convenient vessel. It's hard once you become a mother, I'll tell you. Something changes.

I meet my fears with excitement. They are an excuse to be courageous.

There was definitely a wild side to me that couldn't run free growing up in England.