Quotes By Heidi Klum

I was a good kid. My parents laid rules out for me, and I followed them.

I sing a lot, even with my voice.

I'm a lioness. I have four cubs. I'm a mom. I want to take care of my kids and protect them.

I think it's important to get your surroundings as well as yourself into a positive state - meaning surround yourself with positive people, not the kind who are negative and jealous of everything you do.

I like doing small parts, because I don't feel I'm that practised in acting. It's like making baby steps towards a bigger goal.

Sure, climbing Mount Everest would be cool, but that's something I would now like to do as a family. Big experiences like that I don't want to have on my own anymore. I want to share them.

No Botox. I don't think I will go there. I don't want to say never, because who knows? Maybe in 10 years I will.

I don't know why I got so lucky. I have to pinch myself often and say, 'Is this just a dream?'

I'm bad at baking.

I'm someone, the same as my girlfriends, when they say what do you think about this, I don't always say they look fabulous. I say what I think.

It's important for children to see what's out there and learn that it's fun to go.

Some people are born skinny, and that's just the way it is. You can't point a finger at them and say they're ill or anorexic. It isn't fair to people born that way.

But all the money in the world cannot make you happy either, so there has to be a balance.

Fashion is a very particular world, as you know.

I grew up in a big family with a lot of kids around, and I definitely want to have children as well.

I think you always need to try your best, but at the same time you can only do what you can do, and you don't need to beat yourself up about it. I'm not white-picket-fence perfect.

I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do.

As a model you need to be able to do the craziest things.

Every couple goes through things.

I can't look in the mirror and look at fake things. I just can't. I'd rather age.

I don't have the hard everyday life that so many working mothers face.

I'm not saying that everyone should swim with sharks, but sometimes you have to jump over your own shadow in order to learn something that you will never forget for the rest of your life. Then you know you can conquer your fears.

I come from a place where we're not that shy about our bodies.

I never went to a modeling school, and I don't suggest to anybody that they go to a modeling school... In fashion, one day you're in, the next you're out.

I need my products to work and be fast! I don't love having 50 different things in my bathroom, like a different cream for every inch of my face. That's so not me.

Because I'm on the runway with some of the best models in the industry.

I'd say I'm a good cook. I have a lot of German recipes that I can make - schnitzel, meatballs and things with cabbage. I love cabbage.

Apart from sharing my tips on toys or snacks, I'm open to hearing new ideas from other moms. I want to learn, too.

When I was younger, I had a perm, and it was really big. My mom was a hairdresser, so even my dad had a perm! I looked like a poodle, but it was cool at the time.

In my job, people tell you that all the time: 'This shoot was great. You look amazing.' But you never know what they say when you turn away.