Quotes About Femininity

All my friends are girls. I just prefer the company of women.

I don't want to say that women who do use makeup or get breast implants or have fake nails are insecure. They're entitled to that, and they should do that if that's what they want to do. But for me, there are no answers. It's just a matter of preference and choice and fetish.

My company, Ballet Beautiful, is built around celebrating the strength and femininity of the female body - for me, pregnancy has just been an extension of that.

There was something to me that was really compelling about that woman, already knowing she couldn't get pregnant. When I made that movie I was maybe 24, and to be 24 and already know you can't get pregnant, that was really interesting to me.

All the really pretty girls get pregnant.

I am not pregnant, but I've had three kids, and there is a 'bump.' From now on, ladies, I will have a 'bump,' and it will be my 'baby bump,' and let's just all settle in and get used to it; it's not going anywhere.

It's no secret I like to dress a bit sexy and body-conscious, and as soon as I was pregnant, it was like it was inappropriate to dress the way that I dress. And that really annoyed me. It's a wrong message that dressing feminine and sexy and being a mother can't go together.

I liked the idea of being the kind of woman who'd go to the Gobi desert pregnant.

Childbirth and being pregnant is something that I've always wanted. I feel like you feel the most feminine; you look the most feminine.

I think some women try to make you feel you're not all female because you haven't given birth. There are a lot of prejudices. Some women think women who have animals are deeply sad, because what they really want is a child. Mind you, there's probably an element of truth in that.

When I first came to comics, it was, like, dudes. The feeling, the air, the presence is overwhelmingly male.

When I started doing press after college, I never got asked about my racial identity; I was asked more about being a girl in music.

I'm not 'one of the guys.' I don't want to pretend to be one on stage. I'm not going to dress like a guy or carry myself like one.

I'm not a prettier everywoman. I am an everywoman that they clean up awfully well for T.V.

It's true that blondes attract most of the attention. But it's the brunettes who look prettier as they get older.

No one ever told me I was pretty when I was a little girl. All little girls should be told they're pretty, even if they aren't.

Being pretty... I'm just confused about it. I mean, I love getting my nails done, but I also like dressing like a boy. I think I feel most myself when I'm mixing femininity and masculinity. Like, fifty-fifty.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

I've worked really hard to bring something more to 'pretty girl' roles over the years. I consider it a challenge.

I may not be the conventional girl, but that doesn't mean I'm not a pretty girl. Or that any girl isn't a pretty girl.

I like my face sans make-up - a dash of lipstick and a little mascara.

I do see the world as being different for girls - especially now, having daughters.

I always loved the bad girls in the movies. I loved Bette Davis; I loved Katherine Hepburn. I loved Ava Gardner.

Back in the days of Barbara Stanwyck and Bette Davis, beauty wasn't the be-all and end-all it is today.