Peter Dinklage Quotes

If a man or woman has something redone it is because he or she can no longer live with that part of their body, it is no longer bearable. Either they get help and find the strength to fight or they proceed with the act.

I only photograph myself at poignant moments in my life as a check of where I am and how large my thighs are.

Everybody has their demons that they face, and I went through a time when I thought it was impossible to love myself.

I find it takes a lot of strength to endure myself.

I feel like it's my duty to share my experience with self-acceptance. I don't want to bore people and talk about myself, but the biggest struggle for me was my body.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.

I think that in the last four or five years I've constantly struggled with the balance in my life.

I've spent my whole life being told I have a face like a horse. You are just what you are, aren't you?

I can live with myself.

I'm more comfortable with whatever's wrong with me than my father was whenever he felt he failed or didn't measure up to the standard he set.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

I always feel like I'm so boring, but I don't get bored with me.

I don't look at myself as suffering.

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.

Being self-critical is good; being self-hating is destructive. There's a very fine line there somewhere, and I walk it carefully.

I have been a depressed kid. I wanted to lead a quiet life, never wanted to be an actor.

You know, after all these years, it's just like we are who we are and it's a struggle for me and sometimes I'm heavier and sometimes I'm thinner.

I'm not brave, I'm not fantastic. I'm like any other woman. I'm unhappy. I'm difficult. I'm sad. Am I strong, too? Maybe, but not always. There are days when I don't want to see anyone. The most important thing you learn? You can live with it.

Self-compassion is how we recover.

I like to tell little girls that not every day is going to be your best day and that you won't look pretty every day either and that that's OK. But it is important to take care of yourself.

I have insecurities, but they don't consume me. It doesn't bother me if my hair's a mess or if I have a bad skin day. I just don't look in the mirror!

I am just like any other woman, and I think I am the 'fattest woman alive' - but it is really about how you handle your situation.

I'm OK with my appearance. I have made my peace with it after a long and frankly exhausting battle.

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'