Ariana Madix

“There are so many people who have been through exactly what I've been through. I'm not special. I hope that I'm able to somehow spread that love or any ounce of courage or anything in the direction of people who need it as well.”

“Maybe one day I'll write a full-blown tell-all book.”

“I don't think some perfect concept of closure ever really exists; it's not really a thing.”

“You know, I feel like when we're goofing around and rehearsing, I might be, like, kind of silly and dorky, but, like, I'm gonna turn it on.”

“I've been such an anxious person for so long, and it's gotten me nowhere.”

“Egg whites add a great fluffy texture to cocktails, but for some people the idea of adding raw eggs to a drink is off-putting. Aquafaba is a great substitute - it brings the same frothy goodness to a drink but without adding any flavor.”

“I pay a mortgage. It's expensive.”

“I've always been a really hard worker.”

“In retrospect, Tom being my partner affected my feelings on having kids a lot more than I thought it did.”

“I froze my eggs.”

“Own your intelligence and power.”

“Vanilla syrup tastes great with aged spirits like whiskey and rum.”

“I'm just trying to remain centered in myself and make sure that I'm just being me and living life, and sometimes that's going to mean making mistakes and not doing what everybody wants me to do.”

“I am a big fan of Liev Schreiber's work, but in the same way that if the New York Times was to do a big profile of him for 'Ray Donovan,' would I comment, 'Is this news?' No, because I would understand.”

“Love Island' is my favorite show. I've always loved watching every single moment and I always feel like I can't get enough.”

“When I was putting on stage makeup almost every day, my skin was definitely going through a bit of a rough time. Something that keeps the moisture in was so necessary because I was washing my face, washing makeup off, and inside, with the heater on, everything was drying; it was a good time.”

“I've always had a little bit of that anxiousness about saying something that would upset someone or whatever, and I still have that to some degree.”

“I'm just trying to be the best version of myself, stay in my lane and keep my eyes on my own paper.”

“I feel like my initial instinct is to isolate or retract and just kind of go away when I'm feeling things and then reemerge when I've been able to process.”

“With 'Dancing With the Stars,' they have to put you in a category, and I was one of the 'celebrities.' But I'm like, 'I'm not a celebrity. I'm a bartender.'”