Bhumi Pednekar Quotes

I never wanted to show my butt, and I always had a problem with it - I'd cover up when I was younger. It wasn't till I got with my husband that I started to change all that. He compliments me all the time, and when your best friend compliments you, it gives you confidence and makes you want to do stuff in life.

I am a woman after all, so some days I feel good and sexy in a bikini, and other days, I'm like, 'Where are my caftans?!'

But I find it so difficult to go out and be like 'Hey, I'm a sexpot.' At home I'm just a mum with food down her top!

I have cellulite. I admit it. But sometimes I just say, 'Screw it, I am going to wear a bikini.'

At school my boobs were bigger than all my friends' and I was afraid to show them. Now, I feel they make my outfits look better. They're like an accessory.

I know what women want. They want to be beautiful.

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?

There are so many young women who tip over into being a facsimile: they don't really inhabit their lives or their bodies.

I have no fears when it comes to my hair or clothes.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

Style is not a reward for the skinny. It's not, 'iI I'm rich, thin and young.' You may not like your size, but then don't invest in leather leggings. Let yourself want the expensive bag and really love it and show it off and have a ball with it.

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

My deal was that they would use a full-length picture of me in my underwear and a full-length picture of me all done up, and they would write about how long it took and how much it cost, because that was the whole point. It was very liberating.

I want the world to see my body.

After 'Freaks and Geeks,' I dealt with several producers who wanted to cover up all my beauty marks, every single mole on my body. They tried to cover them on my first two episodes of 'Dawson's Creek,' and it just looked ridiculous, so I had to put my foot down. But it's not something I'm insecure about.

It's important for a woman to feel good in her clothes. It's OK to have curves and to work them.

I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh.

I think that, if anything, the pageant is great for people who suffer from body issues. It's all about being comfortable with what you're given and what you have and being able to flaunt it without being insecure. It's about empowering women, not making them feel weak or less.

I had good legs, and I loved showing them off.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

After all those years as a woman hearing 'not thin enough, not pretty enough, not smart enough, not this enough, not that enough,' almost overnight I woke up one morning and thought, 'I'm enough.'

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

I also dance to music that makes me feel sexy in front of a mirror.

Sometimes I'm sexy, and sometimes I'm not.

My appearance has changed a lot over the years, but it has far more to do with how I feel about being a woman.