Tracey Gold Quotes (36 Quotes)

I will never have a drink and get behind the wheel of a car. It's not illegal to drink and drive, but there becomes a certain point where it does become a crime.

I'm not acting, but I am acting.

After the crash happened, I was so humiliated and embarrassed. I thought of Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, that they must hate me.

I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.

I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.

In my whole experience with the anorexia, one thing I really found about myself was that my voice is really powerful and people listened.

I've been so in my moment about my life.

When I was 19 years old, I came down with anorexia. I had it for about a year before it became public. And it had a lot to do with my self-esteem.

I've got a pretty good appetite right now.

All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys.

Our family has gone through a very difficult time. My husband and I have taken the brunt of it. I've never known what it truly felt like to be so sad and desperate inside.

I had years of therapy to recover from this. A lot of it had to with being a people pleaser, being the ultimate good girl. I wanted everyone to like me. I didn't really have a voice. I was afraid of growing up.

I didn't think I was fat. I just thought I didn't need to gain any weight. But I would drop weight and then I would be comfortable with that number. Then I would lose more weight and that would become my new number.

I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia.

Life comes full circle.

I just don't like to drive. I'm not a bad driver, I just don't like to drive.

I'll always have a baby face.

I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.

I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds.

I had a very public battle with anorexia.

Your life can change on a flip of a coin. The choices you make are crucial. We feel somehow we're safe. But things can change in a flash.

You can't enjoy life if you're not nourishing your body.

I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.

Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself.

My body started to shut down. I got really, really ill. When you're starving yourself, you can't concentrate. I was like a walking zombie, like the walking dead. I was just consumed with what I would eat, what I wouldn't eat.

I've gone around the country and talked about anorexia, so I always feel like I've reached young women. And now I'm speaking about the DUI.

You don't have the judgment after you've had the drink. If something truly catastrophic had happened that evening, I don't know how I could have lived with myself. I feel like I've gotten a second chance.

You can stay in therapy your whole life, but you've got to live life and not talk about life.

Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

I'm the most cynical person, and I know what that sounds like when you say, I don't drink and drive, and I don't. But I know people look at that with skepticism, and I understand.

I have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.

You can never prepare yourself enough to see your mug shot and DUI.

Anorexia, you starve yourself. Bulimia, you binge and purge. You eat huge amounts of food until you're sick and then you throw up. And anorexia, you just deny yourself. It's about control.

I am the person who is a mother against drunk driver.

The only way I know how to get through an experience is by trying to feel that I could help other people by what I went through.

I remember that all of a sudden, the car felt like I couldn't control it. It was absolutely the most horrifying experience. We rolled over, off the freeway. I think there was something wrong with the car.