Quotes from Erika Jayne

Erika Girardi likes her hair straight with a lot of product, just a really good blow-dry. Erika Jayne likes her hair ropey with a lot of product, really rock star and wild.

'Chicago' has got such great women characters. It runs off two women, so what could be better than that?

The first time I met my father was when I was 25. I was visiting here in Los Angeles, I had not moved here yet. And he came down to meet me. It wasn't emotional, it was like meeting a stranger.

I've become rather desensitized to how much sexy I put out.

As human begins, we all have layers to ourselves, you know?

'Housewives' has shone a light on women of middle age, that you're not out of the game, you're not old, you're not put out to pasture... You're lively, you're doing things, you're aggressive, you're making money, you're recreating yourself.

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of the time.

I grew up with gay family members, and I went to a performing arts high school. So I grew up in children's theater, musical theater, and all of my life has been around the LGBT community.

As you begin to develop real relationships and bonds it gets harder because sometimes you say things to people and hurt their feelings and you really care about them.

There are only so many material things you can have before it becomes boring.

If I'm not working I'm not wearing makeup. The skin needs to breathe.

If you want to look good it's hair, it's makeup, it's wardrobe, and then those people that help facilitate that. They're not cheap.

If you have long hair that gets styled all the time, or if you're dancing and working out, dry shampoo is essential because you don't want to wash your hair every day.

I lived in New York from 1989 to 1996, and I feel like I just got used to carrying everything around.

The most surprising thing I discovered was how rich of a life I've led. It's easy to forget all the things we experience throughout our human journey.

If I'm on the plane, I insist on being comfortable. I don't believe in getting dressed up to fly. There's no reason for that, especially when it's 16 hours to fly internationally.

I'm a showman. I believe that you're a character every time you put on clothes.

I have a lot of sapphires in my collection.

I don't enjoy fighting with people. I don't enjoy having conflict.

You have to have Aquaphor, because you don't want a crusty, dry mouth, and this, in my opinion, is the best. It wears well, it's a great base for any type of lip gloss, lipstick, anything like that.

That's the one thing I loved most about Tom when my son was younger was that he welcomed him with open arms. I'm very thankful. That's my guy.

I like to describe my style as S&M chic with a little hood-rat appeal.

When I say there's a little bit of Erika Jayne in everybody, what I mean by that is: No one is one way all the time. No one is buttoned up all the time and no one is wild all the time. There are different parts to your personality, different layers - and that's really what Erika Jayne is, another layer to a human being.

I don't think anyone should tap you on the shoulder and tell you that it's time to sit down and retire.