Carrie Ann Inaba

“I've never been supercritical about my body.”

“I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.”

“I come from a dancing background, and I know it's stereotypical, but I would dance because I wasn't comfortable speaking to people.”

“I wasn't a ballet baby. My first dance class was in an outdoor pavilion when I was three. It was called 'creative movement.' The teacher gave us chiffon scarves in beautiful colors. She turned on some music and said, 'Now go dance.' So for me, dance has always been about self-expression.”

“My grandmother used to cook for eight every day - sitting down lunches and dinner, the way you do it in Italy, you sit down. And when my parents could afford their own place, I went with them but still my mother used to work but used to come back from work to cook lunch for my father, come back from work, cook dinner for my father and me.”

“I'm very lucky because I love fruit and to this day, that has saved me because I'd much rather have fruit than cookies.”

“I love soup 'cause I don't like to cook. It's so easy to prepare, and it fills you up and gives you all the nutrients you need. It's a well-balanced meal, but you don't have to do a lot of preparation.”