Quotes

I'm very lucky. As I get a lot of roles because of my name as a model and I probably wouldn't have got them without it. You have to make the best of your situation.

Michael J. Fox is a great, sexy, funny, short man. I had so much fun on that show [Spin City (1996)]. There was this scene where we were lying in bed together after sex. But instead of having a cigarette, I start yodeling, because I'm German, see? He kept making me laugh, we were cracking up.

Going blonde is like buying yourself a light bulb!

I believe that when you put a smile out there, you get a smile back.

When I came to America, I was really into all the things people eat here. . . . People called me Muffin because I would eat muffins all the time.

Seal and I feel very lucky that we found each other. He's my best friend. He would never go in through a door first. He always opens the door for me and steps back so I walk through.

I'd say I'm a good cook. I have a lot of German recipes that I can make - schnitzel, meatballs and things with cabbage. I love cabbage.

You shouldn't wait for other people to make special things happen. You have to create your own memories.

I've been heartbroken. I've broken hearts. That's part of life, and its part of figuring out who you are so you can find the right partner.

Would it be nice if my skin and body still looked the way it did when I was 25? Sure. But the fact is, your body changes when you have children; you get wrinkles as you get older. I like that I have laugh lines from smiling too much.

[cosmetic enhancements] I'm all for Botox. Whoever wants to talk about [plastic surgery] and wants to share, give me all the numbers.

[Claudia Schiffer and Eva Herzigova] They were always the cool girls because they got all the magazine stuff, and I did cheesier things, the catalog stuff, but catalogs were good because they paid.

[current clothing designs] My fashion heart still goes [crazy] when I see something fabulous, when I see an amazing dress, when someone does something new, I'm like, 'How did you come up with that?' I'm still amazed at people and their talent.

[modeling at 19] At the time, extra-thin was the look to have and I was the opposite. I had boobs and hips, and I couldn't fit in the clothes. There were definitely a lot of jobs that I couldn't do that I wanted to do.

[naked growing up] My parents were running around nude in the house. We would go to FKK beaches. We had a camper and we'd go to places where everyone is nude.

[being ahead of social exhibitionist trends] I've been photographing nude or in lingerie since 1992, way before Instagram. So for me, it's nothing new. For the past 15 years, other people are now doing what I've been doing for 30 years. Instead of being in my little bottoms in a magazine, I'm on Instagram. It's the same thing.

[posing in lingerie with daughter Leni] A lot of people are like, 'Oh, I don't know about mom and daughter doing this together. But for us? I'm proud of my daughter. She's fine with me like that.

[nudity in front of family] I've always been very open with my body. When I'm suntanning in the backyard, I might not have a top on. I'm European ...my kids don't know me any other way and are probably more easygoing with their bodies because of it.

[confidence] People always say, 'You probably got more confidence as you've gotten older,' but I have always been confident. I have no problem walking around in my underwear. I'm not hiding in a corner.

[gray hair] I have one in my eyebrow. It's so weird. And I have one on this boob that is this long sometimes.

[work ethic] I'm a workaholic, control freak.