Quotes from Teresa Giudice

Housewives' is real, yes. We say what we're thinking at the time. But filming our real lives is a huge production that takes a long time. Sometimes you have to sit there for hours and hours while the show is being produced.

I want to spend time with family and friends who make me happy and don't try to hurt me or my family.

It's important for girls to have a strong father figure in their lives.

Everyone loves my sayings like, 'happy wife, happy life,' 'delicious and juicy,' 'love love love,' 'fabulous.' So I've made T shirts with that and hats and I've started a custom-made jewelry line.

Clearly, I'm not psychic.

Since my family is in the public eye, we've got to be strong, we've got to support each other, and we've got to stand united.

I'm the type of person that forgives.

My girls had to grow up quick because of everything we've been through.

I get it that lots of people want to get on TV. If you can get cast, God bless you. Just please don't do it by bashing my family.

Being on TV, there's good and bad, like anything else.

You've got to have thick skin in this business.

I know everyone is busy in life and for them to take out the time to still think about me and send me a card or a letter, that really meant the world to me. I'm grateful for that.

The reaction I get from my fans is they love me, and I love them back.

Reality TV is hard. You put yourself out there and you have no control over which parts they show (and don't show). And you are shooting sometimes 15 hour-days for months and months. It's exhausting - physically and mentally.

I'd have to say that reality TV ruined our family, and it's a disgrace.

I've always been very open about how my mother taught me to cook and how I'm delighted to share my family's recipes.

My great-grandmother taught my mom to cook and she passed down the recipes to me.

Believe me, I don't let my kids run wild. They are all such good kids with good hearts. They make me so proud!

Leopard is timeless... especially in Jersey!

I don't live with my head in the sand - I see people's flaws. I don't like everything my friends do or say. But one, I don't judge or reprimand them to their face because it's not my job to tell them they're screwing up; it's just my job to love them.

I think it's refreshing that someone on TV can admit they drink beer, eat meat, and wear fur.

I don't like to hold on to anger. It eats you up alive.

Someone once described being a Housewife to me as being one big chess game, and in many ways, I guess it is for some people, but not for me.

I'm a real housewife.