"It's the way people say it rather than what they actually say."

"Someone said to me as an adult 'you let a lot of light in'. I suppose some people just need to put on sunglasses."

"In Italy I am 'too muscular', 'too lax in the kitchen', 'too American', 'too sensitive'."

"My own best friend said: 'You know you are going to die alone if you don't stop being you'. I was like 'here's hoping'. "