- When I was growing up in Norway I was never a fussy eater but I did have a problem with the pig's trotters my dad cooked. Imagine this little girl who loved animals suddenly presented with soup with trotters sticking out!
- I have a lot of male friends and there are many things women can learn by talking to men, and vice versa.
- I had one particular cat which was mine only and she tended to bring in a lot of prey for me as presents, like mice and chickens she'd managed to grab hold of. I never had pets like rabbits or guinea pigs - just this cat who brought me half-chewed animals!
- I did consider counseling. One boyfriend suggested it because he said I was too nice. He kept on treating me really badly and said it was because I was too easy-going and no challenge. I thought that was awful. I mean, I am easy-going, but people have to accept me for that.
- I've worked hard to get rid of the bimbo image. People now accept me as I am. I can be a giggly blonde as well as doing a good job. In Britain being blonde seems to be such a big thing, but in Norway it's nothing because there are so many of us.
- People tell me they like me because I'm like them. I mean, I hate smells and maggots and things, and if I see an animal in a really horrible state, I don't even pretend to be tough and professional - I just go and scream along with the clients!
- I have become the Eddie the Eagle of television.
- I gave £20 to a fortune-teller in Yorkshire and I believe what she said as she came up with things no one else would know.
- I wasn't into one-night stands, I was quite shy sexually. That's the way I was raised. My first boyfriend, God, I would puke at just the thought of sex. It took me a long time to be comfortable about that.
- I never liked my looks. That's probably why I've always had long hair to hide my face. I hated my high cheekbones, I just thought I looked weird. I've inherited my dad's big nose and I still hate to see my profile. I felt ugly, really ugly.
- All my friends had pocket money when I was young but I only got cash when I needed it. When I was five, one of my friends asked if I was rich, but when I asked my parents they just said we were rich in happiness.
- As a poor student I bought my then boyfriend £200 worth of gift vouchers, but he wasn't too appreciative and quickly became an ex.
- When I was about eight I used to steal my older sister Hilde's clothes and make-up. She'd lock me in a drawer under my bed as punishment!
- My father used to travel abroad and would buy me lots of bright, exotic-looking dolls. I usually managed to cut off all their hair within days.
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