Body Obsession
Actors' quotes about body obsession
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This section presents quotes about superficial beauty. The actors and directors' quotes collected in this section are about wrinkles, physical decline and plastic surgery. Appearance and maniacal care of the body are essential parts of a celebrity's life, who is always trying to make beauty and success last as long as possible. Some movie stars, though, are not afraid of getting old and willingly accept that their beauty is not given by muscular bodies or generous breasts.
“If you choose to be Frankenstein with Botox and plastic surgery, you've bought your own private mask.”
“God gave me a great body and it's my duty to take care of my physical temple.”
“I personally think you can have a really rich and full life with no abs. Abs are for wimps.”
“There's a reason why there's a problem with bodies, and it's because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.”
“Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”
“I have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach covers them.”
“The day I need make-up I will quit filming.”
“The three terrible karmas are beauty, wealth, and fame — they're the things that stop you from finding true happiness.”
“It's like a gypsy curse, it's terrible. The more famous an actress becomes, the less she's allowed to eat. Unless she wants to play people's mothers. And in bad clothes, yet.”
“When you look at women who have had plastic surgery, they have lost something - usually an expression, something unique to their face.”
- Also found in Healthy life in Hollywood
“Life is just too short to count calories forever!”
“Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand.”
“You hit 41 and you don't burn calories like you used to.”
“Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror.”
“We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote. ”
“I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.”
“When you're an actor, you can be hindered by your own narcissism.”
“People presume just because you're a bigger bloke that you wouldn't be physically fit or up for the fight, but that couldn't be further from the truth.”
“The beauty of having short hair is that I actually can wash and style it at home!”
“For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.”
“All your mannerisms change easily when you have inch-long acrylic nails.”
“There's nothing so offensive to me as watching an actor with his ego.”
“The hell with the hair on your head. It's the hair on your chest that counts.”
“Everyone imitated my fuller mouth, darker eyebrows. But I wouldn't copy anybody. If I can't be me, I don't want to be anybody. I was born that way.”
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