Dakota Fanning Quotes

I think that there's absolutely no point trying to force your body to be anything than what it is. I think that when you see people who are really pushing themselves to terrifying lengths to achieve what is perceived as being beautiful today, then that's just terrifying, it's really terrifying.

But what we're really trapped by is perceptions. You think you need to lose weight for someone to love you. I think if I gain weight, no one will love me. What we really need is to just stop thinking of ourselves as bodies and start thinking of ourselves as people.

Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty.

Every woman has the right to be beautiful.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

I know that I've got big ears and a big forehead and that my hair sticks up. But I'm happy with myself. I'm not necessarily trying to win a beauty pageant here.

A few years ago I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier. I realized: 'Why am I trying to conform to someone else's idea of beauty?' I think I'm beautiful either way.

Not everyone can look the same, so as long as you look the best that you can look and you feel good, that's all that matters.

There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.

It's not all about having the perfect body, perfect hair, perfect smile.

Love your curves and all your edges All your perfect imperfections

It seems totally unfair that the way we look matters so much. I mean, why can't we just get over this gotta-be-thin-and-beautiful thing? Why can't we just accept ourselves and others for what we are?

I am who I am and I am what I am. And it's beautiful. And it's okay even if it doesn't look like the sexiest Victoria Secret model. It also boils down to my interactions with people.

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

Not everybody is Cindy Crawford.

I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.

I have cellulite - and had it even when I was at my absolute thinnest. I'm never not going to have cellulite. People need to just accept that it's there and maybe dress accordingly or use body makeup to cope with it.

The message of the movie is to accept who you are and not to succumb to the pressure of what the media tells you is beautiful and what you should be looking like.

There's no such thing as a standard size movie star, or woman for that matter.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.

If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a little extra meat on there. If you like them thin-boned, then that's okay, too.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

Well, you know, I have always had an issue with the whole weight thing with people in general because I happen to love how big women look. I mean, it's all a perspective. It's all an opinion, and I think sort of the Rubenesque, voluptuous body is a lot sexier than the boney bag of bones with fake everything.