Catherine Gaskin Quotes

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.

I've always been very girly.

There are stereotypes that have been out there for a long time that tell girls that their main asset, the main thing that they are valued for, is their appearance and also that it's to the exclusion of anything else.

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

Being an actress is the sublimation of feminity.

I have got one of those faces that change every day: you can dress me up, make me look vampy and then make me look 12 years old. But don't all women do this thing? We all take on these roles.

I'm such a girly-girl! I don't know why people don't see that.

Age brings a freedom. When you're young, you're much more subject to the idea of what feminine is or how you should look or how you should behave.

I'll have men, or I'll have women say that I'll never be a woman because I don't menstruate, or because I'm not made up like Kim Kardashian. So in that sense, I use makeup for a little bit of confidence. But for the most part, day-to-day, I wear makeup if it feels good.

Sometimes females feel like they should act like men, but they should really just be themselves.

Competing in pageants made me hyper-aware of the unfair expectations society places on women in terms of youth and beauty. But it also gave me empathy for women who use beauty as a creative exploration. When expressed healthfully, dressing up, doing hair, crafting makeup, etc., is an art form.

We are tomboys.

Being sexy is just one part of being a woman and an actress. But if the part calls for sexy...

I'm a woman, so I'm going to be woman as much as I can.

I enjoy being a girl.

There's so much to becoming a woman.

There's a power in women being women. There's a role for men, but we don't have to be men, because we're women. I think that representing that on television is a cool thing.

I'm undeniably very nerdy, but I'm trying to recognize and pursue more masculine pursuits.

I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up.

It's fun to be a girl, and get dressed up, but that's not how I really am.

I've kind of stepped into my femininity.

I love being super-tough, but if I need to put on a dress and do my hair and makeup, I can do that, too.

I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work.