Lupita Nyong'o Quotes

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

Weight doesn't matter as long as you're happy with yourself.

There's always a side of me that goes, 'I'm just a nerd.' I never look at myself and say, 'I'm beautiful.' Like anyone else, I see the flaws. Guys don't do that as much as women. But you have to learn to appreciate and accept and love yourself as you are.

Confidence starts at home, and something my mother never did was look in the mirror and say she was ugly or fat.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

Models are some of the most insecure people I've ever met. They're constantly being told they're not good enough. You've really got to practice loving yourself.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

I try not to be neurotic; I try to create and present healthy body image.

In high school, I had a really difficult time just loving myself. It's weird; I feel like in the world we live in today, you're not supposed to be like, 'I'm beautiful,' like that's a conceited thing to say.

I'm trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

To not be self-conscious of your appearance is huge, and something that I desperately hope to carry into film at some point in my useless life - to not be thinking, 'My ear looks weird from this angle, why is the camera over there?'

I look in the mirror and see a few scars, but I like myself.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

As long as you feel confident, you're going to look beautiful. You don't need to be a stick figure to be beautiful.

At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

When i was younger I was much more self focussed. I was worried about my self-image. I thought I was too fat. I was very critical of myself, and then I met and got to know and understand my husband. He helped me turn myself around. He had such a positive attitude towards life.

It's so important for us to be able to talk about body positivity and accepting yourself and loving yourself because we've all been in a place where we're insecure.

I'm quite active and I try not to let the way I look be the main focus because it's not the most important thing.

I have to look at myself in the mirror and tell myself that I'm beautiful, even if I don't necessarily believe it.

I've had self-esteem issues for a really, really long time. Plenty of people think I'm ugly, and plenty of people don't. But there's a moment when I'm modeling where I forget about my self-esteem issues and focus on what the photographer's telling me - and I feel pretty. And in that sense, it's selfish.

I'm not image-obsessed.

Women are hard on themselves. I’m trying to stop focusing on my flaws and appreciate what I love about my body.

Your hair isn't quite right and maybe you're a size bigger than you should be and on and on and on. I think there comes a moment when you've matured to the point where you suddenly think, nonsense. I am fine just the way I am.

I think that, as a woman, it's much healthier and more positive to focus on your good parts and the things you like about yourself, not pick yourself apart.

Every girl has days when she doesn't like her appearance, but it's when you feel happy in yourself that you look good.