Quotes About Self-acceptance

I think it's better to be a woman with some curves. It's more natural.

I love curves; I'm all about curves. I don't have many, which is really sad, but I think the more the better.

I like having curves.

I think Indian men prefer curves. But I believe that one should be fit enough to wear anything.

I'm booby and kind of curvy, so I definitely need to wear things that work with that. I can't just put on a muumuu, because it looks crazy on me.

At the end of the day, it just means 'curvy.' That's why I think the word 'plus-size' in the industry is very different from people's mind view of what 'plus-size' really should mean.

I'm short, and I'm curvy, and so shopping is hard for me sometimes.

I'm just a woman. I'm a curvy woman, and hopefully some day they do end up cutting out the word 'plus-size.'

I used to think I could only run if I was a certain weight. It was a revelation when I accepted that thinking like that was daft. I told myself if I enjoyed it, just enjoy it!

For me, I'm always hard on myself no matter what, so that's always a thing I have to deal with on a daily basis.

I have a message about how you should completely be yourself and not give a damn what everyone thinks about you. Look how you like; you're amazing how you are.

One of the things that I have learned in the last few years is to stop being so damn critical of my own work.

I can't sing or dance.

I'm a dancer and comfortable with my body.

I feel like somehow I'm living my life mentally in reverse. It's taken me to my 30s to feel relaxed and comfortable in my skin. I think I'm going to be dancing on tables when I'm 50. I really hope I am.

I think every girl should have a tailor in her phone. It's part of why we beat ourselves up, or why shopping is so frustrating and hard: we have this assumption that when you take something off the rack, it will fit you.

When you get a jean for a larger girl, you have to have them tailored for you. Tailoring is indeed everything.

I just love to dance and 'Cabaret' seemed like an opportunity where I could explore that. I wanted to take a chance and see if people will accept me in this kind of role, if what is expected of other women is expected of me. Or maybe it's for shock value.

I was putting everything into trying to convince everyone I was me. Before entering a room, I'd take a deep breath and say to myself: 'How would Frankie from The Saturdays behave?' I'd be louder, bubblier, happier.

I have Tourettes and Aspergers, but Tourrets and Aspergers don't have me. You know, I'm doing what I can to suppress it and I don't let it take advantage of me. It's not who I am. You know, I'm James Durbin. Like I said in the beginning, I am here to show America who I am, and it is what it is.

I always wanted to be normal. I tried really hard, but it's like I try so hard and then people still say I'm offbeat. I've learnt to accept that and take advantage of it as an actor.

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

To convince oneself that one has the right to live decently takes time.

Bob Smith from Brooklyn is a guy who sometimes gets hung with problems and fears. Wolfman Jack is a happy-go-lucky guy who knows how to party. The challenge of my life has been letting more and more of Bob Smith go, becoming the Wolfman on an almost full-time basis, while still taking care of business.