Iskra Lawrence Quotes

Being involved in sports, you think less about how your body looks and more how it performs.

I always thought of it like, 'What can my body do for me?' and not, 'How do I look?'

I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't.

I think it's good that people value their bodies and take care of them. I think if you cross the line and begin using your body as an asset or as an extension of your vanity, you've gone too far.

It is very dangerous to have your self-worth riding on your results as an athlete.

You can't be an athlete and doubt yourself.

It doesn't matter how big the body, it's what you do with it.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.

Basketball made me happy to be tall. And more secure about myself than I ever would have been without it.

I wasn't a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.

Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!

If I like myself at this weight, then this is what I'm going to be. I don't have an eating disorder.

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

My body looks like 30 but my face looks like 50. But I cannot walk bare-chested in the streets. I like to do these movies to challenge myself physically.

Sexuality, desirability has nothing to do with body type. It has to do with how you feel from within. I was at my fattest best in 'The Dirty Picture,' and I was called the most desirable. So there you go. I am quite well-endowed, so I have no complaints.

I trained as an artist originally, so I know what a nice human body looks like, and I would like to look like that notion, and of course I never will. But I've got past that.

The other girls were so comfortable with their bodies and it eventually rubbed off on me.

In the United States, workouts tend to focus on body image and how you look. For me, it's really all about the brain.

Don't get hung up on the size. If you feel bad about yourself because a 12 is what fits, take a Sharpie, and write '6' on the label.

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body.

If I can get my dress on, my weight is under control.

I don't weigh myself - it's all about how I feel in my clothes.

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.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.