27 Quotes by Tracey Gold
- I'm not acting, but I am acting.
- 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 got a pretty good appetite right now.
- I've experienced the tabloids when I had anorexia.
- 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 had a very public battle with anorexia.
- 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.
- Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.
- I don't believe things happen in vain. I believe they happen for a reason.
- I'm not a religious person. I'm Catholic, so I consider myself more of a spiritual person. I believe in God.
- 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 have faith in the justice system, and what will happen will happen. I'm just trying to do the right thing.
- I just don't like to drive. I'm not a bad driver, I just don't like to drive.
- I knew that by getting behind the wheel of the car and having had something to drink, the responsibility laid on my shoulders.
- 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 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.
- I unwittingly became sort of this anorexia spokeswoman.
- 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'll always have a baby face.
- 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.
- All I need to do to stay healthy is look at my three boys.
- 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.
- 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 never prepare yourself enough to see your mug shot and DUI.
- Sometimes I forget about taking care of myself.
- 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.
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