Love Is A Human Experience,

My Feeling About Growing Up In New Jersey Was, 'how Come I'm Not In New York?' That Being Said, I'm Older And I Have A Better Worldview Now, And So I Think I Grew Up In An Incredibly Privileged Position. The Town I Grew Up In Is Beautiful. I Got A Great Education, And I'm Very Grateful For It.

Because The World Of This Film Begins And Ends In The Imagination Of Tim Burton, You're Not Seeing A Movie That's Been Shot On Locations That You've Seen A Million Times. Because This World Has No Rules, You're Seeing So Many Different And Separate Brushstrokes And Colors And Characterizations Somehow Getting Combined Through Tim.

I Think The Thing That I Have Learned Is That A Bad Love Experience Is No Reason To Fear A New Love Experience, But You Have To Be Very Honest At Every Single Stage With The Person About How You've Been Hurt, And Hopefully They Will Be Supportive About Whatever It Is That You Have To Go Through. Everybody Has Bad Relationships And, At The End Of The Day, They Are Just A Great Way To Set Yourself Up For A Good Relationship.

What I've Observed And What I've Imagined - And Definitely What I'm Hoping - Happens As You Get Older Is That There's A Mellowing, An Acceptance That Comes With Time. I Guess That I'll Find Out.

When People Refer To Me As A 'regular' Girl...it's Code Word For 'fat' In Hollywood....but...my Body Has Chosen Its Shape. I'd Rather Be Strong Than Skinny.