Ricki Lake Quotes

I can't believe I was a fat person for most of my life.

I had a really kind of yucky divorce and it was really challenging to get over that.

Birth equals create.

It was a long time in the making, my divorce. One day became less special than the next, and pretty soon, we ceased all conversation. It is a sad day when you have nothing left to say.

I hate the feeling of falling - I'll never jump from a plane - but I love a good roller coaster. Go figure!

For me, being memorable is more important than winning.

I was this role model for heavy people. But the thing is, I never set out to be a role model at all, and I don't set out to be one now. I won't preach to anyone and tell them how to lose weight. I don't know any better than the next person.

If I had been on 'Bowling for Dollars', I'd wind up owing them money.

I believe every woman has the right to any birth experience she wants, wherever she chooses and with whatever care provider she's comfortable. It's about doing your own due diligence and finding the best option for you.

My birth experience is not right for everyone, but it was so right for me. I am changed because of that experience, i saw my power and I felt my power, and it's gotten me through a lot of hardship. I tell myself that if i could get through that, I can get through anything. I think women are losing an opportunity by not aspiring to have births in which they are active participants.

Normal birth to me should not be numb from the waist down and waiting for the doctor to tell you to push. There's a reason we feel it. There's a reason we need to feel it.

I am not a natural dancer.

Being fat worked, and I think that was what was confusing for me for a long time in my career.

I've surpassed any goal I set for myself as far as my body, my career, and getting married.

What's the difference between tough love and acting like a jerk?

I do not want to die being known for doing baby mama DNA tests on my show.

I never set out to be a role model for large women, I just do what I feel is right.

I was a girl and became a woman. Something about having the freedom at home to be in the position I wanted, to have the people I wanted, was empowering.

I've lost 12 inches in three weeks. Every time I go for the costume fitting each week, it's smaller and smaller. I'm feeling great. I'm putting in the work. I'm getting a lot of sleep. Everything is on the backburner right now. 'Dancing' is my priority.

It's inspiring, I think, for women out there to see I'm a regular person. I am the every woman who's struggled with my weight.

Motherhood is the greatest thing and the hardest thing.

I wanted to give birth as opposed to being delivered!

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

I think it's important to balance out what people see today as normal birth, in a hospital room, flat on their backs, usually with an IV and a fetal monitor hooked up to them. That does happen, but other things are possible.

Putting a family member in jail is a good sign there is something seriously wrong in the home.