“I’m going to be really honest right now, I’m not (a diva). I know I’m not. I don’t have to think about it. I’m not a rude person. I’m not an unkind or mean person. I would never go out of my way or consciously try to hurt anyone’s feelings, or make them feel bad or uncomfortable, or not be professional doing my job. I like my job.

But, I will continue to stand up for myself and I’m never going to stop standing up for my right to be heard, my right to be treated respectfully and professionally in return, my right to draw boundaries. I am a strong woman and I’m not going to apologize for that and I’m not going to on behalf of my daughters and I’m not going to on behalf of all of you sitting in the audience. We should all have the right, the basic human right, to say, ‘Hey, no I’m sorry. I’m not comfortable with that, I don’t like that. This is not ok for me’ without it making me…a ‘B’ word.”

-Katherine Heigl, Meredith Vieria Talk Show, 2014