Coco Rocha Quotes

I'm going to stand up for what I need to do, not what everybody else wants me to do.

I don't want anyone to think I took this role in 'Downsizing' because it was the only role available to me. I'm not a passive participant in it.

I made a decision a few years back to never again do anything professionally that I didn't want to do.

If some actress thinks she is sexy and she can dance, it's her choice. I do what I want to do, and I set my own benchmark. I will never compare myself with anyone.

I don't make demands. I don't tell you how it should be. I'll give you options, and it's up to you to select or throw 'em away. That should be the headline: If you're insecure, don't call.

I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

You have a right to say no. Most of us have very weak and flaccid 'no' muscles. We feel guilty for saying no. We get ostracized and challenged for saying no, so we forget it's our choice. Your 'no' muscle has to be built up to get to a place where you can say, 'I don't care if that's what you want. I don't want that. No.'

I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?

It's your body, your life. Do what you want to do.

I'm a very loyal person and I allowed myself to be defined as somebody who was doing Gordon's bidding. I should have fought back harder to define myself at an earlier stage.

I have to believe that I know what's best for me. For instance, I choose all my songs. I never record anything I don't want to record. No one tells me what concerts to do.

I just kind of feel like it's my choice to do what I want to do. And my agent, he's totally with it. He tells me, 'You can turn down any audition you don't want to.'

I'm not here to judge, I'm here to empower women to figure out what's best for them.

I don't want to feel shamed into making a choice about my physical appearance or my body... or even about the choices I make about my life. I want to be feel empowered and inspired because they feel good to me.

I was taught to be demure, so it was harder for me to learn how to stand up for myself and go, 'What do I want? What are my desires?'

I would never tell someone else how to use their platform, because I think I'm much more comfortable allowing the work that I do to speak for itself.

You should always stand up for yourself.

I have never given others a chance to exploit me.

You always have to stand up for yourself.

Being unapologetic about my body, my sexuality, my life's decisions is a political belief that, as a feminist, I strongly espouse.

If someone asked me to do something I didn't want to do or didn't think was right, I wouldn't do it.

I've had to tell people that I'm not co-writing. I don't want to do it and that's that.

No one can take advantage of you without your permission.

I didn't come to Hollywood to be subservient to anyone else's vision.