Joseph Gatt Quotes

Other than my sexuality, I am vulnerable regarding my physical appearance, as I am not what people considered ideal by most standards. For the entertainment business, I am not the body type of what is typically cast for television or movies.

Rejection is a big part of show business. It can be tough on anyone who doesn't have fairly good self-esteem. Especially kids, as they try to discover who they are.

I see myself as most people see themselves, you have good days and bad days. I don't think I'm better looking now than I did three years ago.

I think men are allowed to be fat and bald and ugly and women aren't. And it's just not - there is no equality there.

For some reason, people imagine that dramatic things happen to people who don't look beautiful.

There was a solid six-month period where I was going out on castings and I was laughed out of the room because I'm much more petite than other models.

A lot of things have hurt me about the industry. I don't want to be very vocal about this but it's an everyday fight with Bollywood. It's like a love hate relationship.

The light-skinned girls always thought they were better looking. So did the teachers, too. That meant most of the dark complexion ones didn't like themselves.

Beauty discrimination has become necessary, not from the perception that women will not be good enough, but that they will be, as they have been, twice as good.

Looking good is a commitment to yourself and to others. Wigs, killer heels, Pilates, even fillers - whatever works for you, honey.

I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

I have made a living off the way I look, and I have really learnt to accept myself for being unusual.

I'm a natural blonde, but I feel like a brunette. I feel like people treat me now how I should be treated. People used to be shocked, when I was blond, that I wasn't stupid.

Being in the beauty industry has taught me that most of us are never satisfied with how we look. We all wish we had better hair, could lose that last 10 pounds, or look like someone else. I always see the beauty in the clients that have sat in my chair, and I've tried to help them see it, too, and feel good about themselves.

In the '90s, I wouldn't have been a supermodel.

I've been blacklisted in Hollywood.

I feel like there's more to life then worrying about the way that you look.

I value what I learned from being cast in the margins and what that felt like.

Most people ask me were you always sexy and if I said I was born this way I'd be lying.

At drama school, a casting director asked the class to walk round the room one at a time, and we had to imagine who they might be. The two before me were described as a doctor and a businessman, but when it came to me, they said homeless person. That was when I thought I'd better do something about my appearance!

I have experienced ageism and sexism. In my 20s, I was told by a camera lighting man I needed plastic surgery. In my 30s I was constantly told I needed to lose weight.

I saw the things that my sister went through - she's dark skinned - with boys not considering her attractive in her youth and the pain that it caused her.

Although I spent years thinking that I had fat arms, I am now approached by women daily who want to know how they can get arms like mine.

When I came out, I found I hadn't been born with the right genes. It's quite brutal. If you're beautiful and you have the right genes, then the gay scene is a place where you can be worshipped. But if you don't, it's a different ball of wax.

It's kind of disappointing and disgusting in a way, how some people are focusing on how we look.