Quotes from Vanna White

I have a family and two cats; I get up with my kids early in the morning.

During the week, I usually stay home and cook a simple dinner. I go to bed early, get up early, exercise, and then on weekends, I'll go out to dinner.

Prior to having my first child, I had a huge ambition to go into movies and TV.

I'm not a huge dresser-upper. Most of my closet is jeans, T-shirts, tennis shoes, and flats. I don't even know if I have a sequin gown in my closet.

I will say I remember the best thing in terms of publicity was being on the cover of Newsweek.

I enjoy getting dressed as a Barbie doll.

When I first moved to Los Angeles, I came out here with a thousand dollars to my name.

I'm a businesswoman. You know, I have other investments too, real estate. A long time ago, I would buy a house and flip it. But now everybody does that, so I don't do that anymore because there's no houses out there to buy.

So, I understand when they make a mistake and everyone at home is throwing their shoe at the television set.

Don't put on something so tight thinking, 'Oh, I can wear this for four hours.' Don't do that to yourself!

I'm a mom, a full-time mom when I'm not taping. I do the carpool thing, and bake the cookies, and do the homework.

I love making handmade gifts.

If you're looking for a dress to wear to an event, put it on with the heels that you're going to wear and walk around the room and make sure you feel comfortable in it.

I will say that when I retire, I will probably do something to help others. I don't know know what it will be... probably I'll get involved in some charity.

In my personal life, I'm a huge fan of Carolina Herrera. I just think her stuff is timeless and classic.

I made a baby blanket for both of my children and brought them home from the hospital in them, and they will always have them.

I've worn over 6,700 gowns. They're all borrowed gowns, designer samples.

Never do anything that you don't want to do. Listen to your instincts and follow it.

It's not the most intellectual job in the world, but I do have to know the letters.

I love to crochet. I have my own line of yarn and donate half my proceeds to St. Jude Children's Hospital.

It is what it is, and it's a crazy job - I literally touch letters and wear pretty clothes, and how do you describe that job? It's weird, but I've been doing it for a long time, and I'll be first to make fun of it - I really will - but I wouldn't trade it for anything else in world.

I wear weird-colored toenail polish - like blue, green, or yellow. If it's strange-looking, I will wear it.

What people don't know about me is that I'm a pretty good businesswoman. Yes, I do this little ol' game show, but I know the show isn't going to last forever, so I've gone into different ventures. But I don't want to sound like I'm bragging.

My favorite movie is 'Imitation of Life.' It's just a true love story, and it really touched me.