Quotes from Brigitte Nielsen

People think I'm strong as hard as I look. But I've a very sensitive side and need to be loved by everyone.

Nobody has had more awful things written about them than me.

I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.

I would hate it if my four boys were bullied as I was.

I can go somewhere and switch off completely. I will let people know in advance that I'm away, but once I'm out of contact, I'm out of contact. That's it.

I like to be controlled, but that doesn't mean controlled like a dog.

I was 13 when I reached my present height. I was so skinny I looked like one of those starving people in Africa. The boys in my class would beat me up because I was too tall.

A tall woman can be just as feminine as a petite woman.

My childhood was really comfortable and secure, but school was a nightmare. I was a lot taller than the other girls and they called me Gitte the giraffe.

Certain men get intimidated and insecure around me. They can never get over the fact that I am taller than they are, but it really shouldn't matter.

Despite my divorces, I still believe in marriage, and I have believed in all my marriages, although maybe not the one with Sylvester Stallone, as I was really pressured to marry him.

In Denmark, when you marry, whether you have $1 million or just $10, you share it.

I do expose my body, but only because I think people should have something nice to look at.

Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.

I was shooting a bikini promotion in Mahe in the Seychelles in 1980 when there was a military coup and I, along with a roomful of other people, ended up being kidnapped and held hostage at gunpoint in a windowless room with no ventilation for 36 hours.

Puberty was the most horrifying time of my life.

I know I am the first female celebrity in the world who has allowed herself to be filmed like that in an operating theatre.

Being a mother is the best thing that ever happened to me. Before you have your first baby you are a girl and then you become a mother. There is no transition into being a woman; you literally become a mum and being a mum means you always love someone else more than yourself and it is an unexplainable situation.

Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date.

Whether you go to Turkey or Mexico, China or Australia, find time to involve yourself with the people you're dealing with.

The Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles is the best.

It's fun playing a more feminine part. I can identify more with a woman of passion and emotion than with a cartoon character. Who knows what a cartoon feels?

When you makes movies, you usually make good money. But it is also a very tough job.

Acting is very similar to modeling.