When I found out I was going to be on CBS every morning, my FIRST PHONE CALL was to Jenny Craig. Ten days later, I'd lost nine pounds. Now I EVEN TAKE the plan's popcorn with me to the movies.

I'm gonna DROP fitty. I'm gonna drop fitty POUNDS. How MANY quarter-pounders with cheeses is that? I'm gonna drop 200 quarter-pounder with cheeses.

I was an athlete growing up. I did a lot of sports: soccer, BASKETBALL, so I was always so used to hardcore training, a lot of RUNNING. I GOT to a point where I felt like I just wanted to GET toned; I didn't need to SHED pounds, so now I do Pilates.

When I did finally GET to the circus as an ADULT, I was very IMPRESSED by the trapeze artist. But, being 6 FEET 3 inches and over 200 POUNDS, there was no way I could do a trapeze act. If I fell I'd take the catcher with me.

You can CHANGE your body shape by permitting yourself to exercise and eat a healthy DIET and so on - and we've heard miraculous stories of people who have lost hundreds of pounds, and they look LIKE a completely different person - but that's not the norm for the average person, and a lot of times, people don't get that way in a healthy way.

When my marriage BROKE up... I had just PUT on 45 pounds for my 'Shall We Dance?' character. I had to eat 10,000 calories a day just to put on weight while training with Tony Dovolani. I basically stayed in BED for a six-month rotation of depression naps. Dance helped me LOSE the weight.

I'm 300 POUNDS. If I FALL on ANYBODY, it's GOING to HURT.

Whether I was dancing around the house with headphones on or on stage with the Spice Girls... I learned firsthand that dancing was the KEY to shedding off the POUNDS and KEEPING them off.