Quotes About Masculinity

There aren't a whole lot of people in culture that are unapologetically masculine.

I'd like to do a really masculine film.

For me, there's nothing more masculine than when I'm completely in control of my body and can call upon my body to do whatever I want it to do.

I wasn't a masculine kid; I was pretty effeminate.

It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity.

I'm definitely more attracted to men and masculinity - not just cis men but trans guys, too.

Sometimes macho language is to mask things people are not ready to deal with.

I don't think men were meant to be interviewed.

I guess I just do 'emasculated' and 'meek' very well.

If I am quiet or I am restrained it doesn't mean that I am unmanly.

If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.

I think it's great if a guy has a good sized package.

I am not metrosexual. I am not macho. I am normal. I don't even wear nail paint.

I disagree that an athlete can't be intelligent. Some people think that, in basketball, we have a bunch of masculine adults who don't know how to control themselves. They're feeble-minded and can't engage or articulate ideas. That's a narrative they keep trying to paint.

I think every man should have a pair of boots. They're really sexy. Leather boots, cowboy boots, it depends. I really like the ones from the Seventies with the heels.

So much of male heterosexual comedy can be steeped in a gay panic. A lot of juvenile comedy is predicated on that.

I live in a female-dominated household, so I'm like a partial woman myself.

My public caricature - that of a self-confident alpha male - is only partly accurate.

Yes, the hunky barista looks even more terrifically masculine with three days' growth on his chin. Guys under 50 mostly do. But when your beard is partly or largely grey, that stubble can just look a little unwashed. Sadly, when you're over 50, different rules apply.

I just gravitate to those more testosterone-filled sort of parts than me playing something a bit more fairy-like.

I love all parts of my body! But on a man, I love the Adonis line. It's just so sexy!

As our lawyer friend had noticed, men kiss other men. They squeeze shoulders, slap backs, pummel kidneys, pinch cheeks. When a Provençal man is truly pleased to see you, there is a real possibility of coming away from his clutches with superficial bruising.

I've never looked for women. When I was a teenager, perhaps. But they are looking for us, and we [men] must learn that very quickly. They decide. We just turn up. Never mind the superficialities – tall and handsome and all that. Just turn up

I don't know what to say to that, but I have to agree with Johnny that, yeah, we do touch upon things that most men would rather not admit: That we feel pain, we cry, get sad and sometimes don't deal well with disappointment.