Dianne Buswell Quotes

I was a bit overweight as a teenager, which may be why I'm more comfortable playing with clothes than showing my body.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical.

When you are overweight, you just don't feel good about yourself.

I worry I look posh and fat. I can't do anything about posh - I'm accentless - but I've spent 20 years battling my weight.

I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you're like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don't want to do that. So I'm just trying.

I used to beat myself up about weight and working out, and no matter what I did I never felt good about myself. I decided to accept myself and know that I am good.

I just don't like being overweight.

There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.

I don't like talking about which bits I like or don't like about my body. Everybody has something they're not happy with, and my only advice would be, 'Do something about it - exercise or eat less, but don't do nothing!' Find ways to enhance the good bits and camouflage the bad bits.

I like to give myself a nice run up to a shirtless scene. Physically, it really doesn't make any difference. It's about mentally feeling good about it.

If I look at the one thorn that is in my side, of all my life, it is my weight. I fret about it, I'm anxious about it, being an actor on television - it drives me insane. It just seems to be something that plays a central part in waking up in the morning and thinking, 'How am I with myself today?'

If getting a great body was easy, every woman would look Jessica Biel, and every guy would have a body like Kellan Lutz.

A smaller waist is not the solution to all your problems.

A well-maintained physique is a great business card. Ideas and intelligence are what matters, but if you have a well-maintained physique, it's better.

I was asked to lose weight by a network for a TV pilot. The conversation happens because you get a job, and your agent or manager calls, and they say, 'They are so excited about you. They just think there is no one better for this part, and they want you to look and feel your best. They really feel that that could include losing 15 or 20 pounds.'

When I got the call from Chippendales, my jaw dropped, as it came on the heels of TMZ calling me fat on national TV. I am passionate about health and fitness, so I've kept in shape, and dancing is something I've always enjoyed, so I figured, why not?

I have to work out to look the best possible before the show.

I absolutely didn't think, 'I am really fat, I must get thinner.'

People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.

I just want to be fit because I want to look nice without a shirt.

I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.

The moment I lose weight, it shows on my face, and given how sharp my cheek bones are, it doesn't look good.

Even if you have some extra kilos, you don't need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive.