Jewel Quotes

Sexism - you can't be sexy and intelligent. It's not allowed.

Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.

'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.

A lot of girls think they have to choose between being the smart geeky type or the beautiful bimbo.

The problem for all women is we're identified by how we look instead of by our heads and our hearts.

Growing up in Texas, you were either pretty or smart. Smart didn't get you very far, because there weren't too many job opportunities for women. I wondered why you couldn't be both.

Prim and proper white women, I like what I see.

Few people realize what a handicap it is to be what people call a beautiful woman. I'm glad, of course, that I don't look like an unmade bed, but too often, I'm just taken at face value. And there aren't many men who believe a beautiful woman can have any brains.

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

I don't think women are dumb.

Often, I'll read a script and the female character's an extension or serves some sort of purpose in terms of the male character's narrative and it just isn't fully formed. But they will be very beautiful. Whether a secretary or a doctor or a vet, they will be very beautiful.

Because I'm a woman, and I'm petite and blonde, you wouldn't believe how often I'm asked to model the clothes.

If being an attractive woman got you attention for directing, then the entire 'best director' category would be comprised of models. To me, that is just the most ludicrous connection that you could make.

No matter what a woman's appearance may be, it will be used to undermine what she is saying and taken to individualize - as her personal problem - observations she makes about the beauty myth in society.

No ugly woman can succeed in politics.

A political woman loses her beauty within a year.

I always hear, 'Oh, she's really beautiful.' I'd die to hear, 'Oh, she's really smart.' I'm not as dumb as I look.

People only go by looks. If you have big breasts it doesn't mean that you are dumb.

Any woman whose I.Q. hovers above her body temperature must be a feminist.

My sister has an incredible body. I feel sorry for anyone who would judge her, because she's one sexy lady... It's disgusting that people would say those things.

When you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, 'Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer', which maybe is the case many times. But then again there is the one that is as smart as her breasts look, great as her face looks... so people are shocked.

If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart. But you can be fun and fit and social and be really smart. And the smarter you are, the more capable you'll be to handle whatever challenges come up in life.

I've never understood why it's a negative to showcase a talented, smart woman who also happens to be attractive.

One can make more enemies as a female with a brain, I think.