I had an American boyfriend, went to football games, tennis tournaments, and to my prom. I was so serious about my American boyfriend that I brought him back to Germany with me to visit my parents. They were horrified.

When I was a kid at first I wanted to own a candy shop. I guess every kid wants to - we just want to have access - free access.

The Princess and the Warrior' is looking at the same things as 'Lola' - just from a different angle.

I've always hated people in costumes with big heads, where you don't know what's behind it.

I'm really about my family and really proud of being a Carter.

Mother goddesses are just as silly a notion as father gods. If a revival of the myths of these cults gives woman emotional satisfaction, it does so at the price of obscuring the real conditions of life. This is why they were invented in the first place.

I go home every weekend to see my family.

What I went through in 1976, it's the same today: It's about all the pressure that you feel, the anxiety, the family, and everything that surrounds the Games, and then getting there knowing this is your big chance, and you're able to come through. It's such a satisfying thing.