Quotes About Self-image

You know you're old when someone compliments you on your alligator shoes, and you're barefoot.

Looking at a friend who has had a face lift is like reading a book with half the pages ripped out.

I always have to brace myself when I visit my parents. My mom often greets me with a slew of nonconstructive criticisms: 'Jimmy, why is your face so fat? Your clothes look homeless and your long hair makes you look like a girl.' After 30 years of this, my self-image is now a fat homeless lesbian.

I always felt slightly grubbier than most American people. I was never quite as groomed as everyone else, never quite as fit as anyone else. I didn't have my protein shake and my vitamins.

I only have hair extensions because I feel like my hair is thin and I look like Pocahontas and I need some thickness and volume.

There are actresses who've had expensive work done and look great, so I'm not holier-than-thou about it. But it wouldn't be for me, perhaps because I've already been in hospital and wouldn't want to volunteer myself for it again.

I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it's purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren't attractive - because I think they're awesome and sexy.

I would say I'm voluptuous. Statuesque. Definitely curvaceous.

Like, if you look at Heidi Montag, who got 10 surgeries she didn't need, I think that's unfortunate. I've always been voluptuous with a big butt, but didn't have boobs, so I wanted my body balanced out. My nose was fine in real life, but it didn't photograph well, so I had it tweaked for my line of work. I'm very happy with it.

Maybe some people thought I was 'safe' so they didn't really bothered to vote for me at all.

I was voted Most Happy-Go-Lucky in high school. Can you believe that? I was crying every other day by myself, but I was voted Most Optimistic and Most Likely to Have Her Own Television Talk Show.

I don't think I'll ever get used to seeing my face next to Jake Gyllenhaal's.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.

I'm black because that's the way the world sees me.

I seldom look at myself to avoid any self-criticism.

Since I don't have an image to be worried about, I am not concerned about it when it comes to selection of my roles.

I've never had a body issue; I've never had a self-confidence issue, and there's been very few times in my life where I've felt down about the way I look or the way I feel.

I had low self-esteem.

I feel like I have a healthy self-esteem.

No matter how I might feel about myself or my self-image, there is still a part of me that wants to fight to the end.

I like when a man has a positive self-image, no matter what he looks like. I'm not into rock-hard abs.

There's this idea that Hollywood sells over and over again: 'If I just looked more like this, I'd be accepted.'

I don't really have an aversion to watching myself. I think I've been doing it for long enough that I have a system of separating it in my brain from my egotistical neuroses for the most part.

A lot of people think I'm snotty. So what? They never asked me out when I was serving cheeseburgers.