Sandi Toksvig Quotes

At the prom, you are more about boys thinking you're cute. On the red carpet, you have to please everyone because there are a lot more people looking at those pictures.

I'm interested in what happens to people when they get into that publicity machine. We tend to think things have changed, but there's still a deep sexism underlying the way women are treated publicly.

I have been told by people that I should not be seen clubbing with good-looking women, but I can't see why not. Why be a pop star otherwise?

When we get married or interviewed for a job or play professional sports or run for president of the United States, we encounter a whole set of standards and expectations. We can be shamed for an outfit that's too slutty, too dowdy, too pricey--take your pick. That's the burden women carry into the fitting room.

I can only ask people to be tolerant of the fact that the... pressures of wives of politicians is very, very strong.

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.

Arthur Miller wouldn't have married me if I had been nothing but a dumb blonde.

I just did a spread in 'Maxim', I'm 35 years old. I've had women and parents email me asking if I should really be doing that, since I'm still considered a role model.

First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.

I understand, as the young, attractive woman in film, that there's always going to be people seeking out extra salacious things for you to do.

People make such a big deal about how people in bands look, especially if you're a girl.

It's easier to make fun of a first lady than for a first lady to have fun. The scrutiny is ferocious.

I've been working since I was 18. People say something every time I cut my hair. They wouldn't say this to Dustin Hoffman.

All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

I never thought I'd be in a position where people would be talking about my sexuality and saying how good I look in underwear.

You look at someone like Beyonce singing 'Single Ladies,' when we all know she's married. Some of it is just for entertainment.

Judge not a man by his clothes, but by his wife's clothes.

You never see a man walking down the street with a woman who has a little potbelly and a bald spot.

If I have a look around at the moment I feel great relief because finally others are entering the limelight. Men like Robert Pattinson must now play the Adonis. For me it was always a restraint, a restriction.

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.

The problem with being in the public eye for a long time is there are 20 years worth of looks to come back and haunt you!

I had my issues with the Kardashians, absolutely. I think there's so much wrong with how they are the most revered family in the country, but they are, nevertheless.

There's always going to be that pressure when you're in front of the camera. When you're famous it's just an extreme version of reality and there's a pressure to look a certain way.

I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.