Persis Khambatta Quotes

Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.

I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.

My hair is different than a lot of people's. I like my hair. I like the fade. I like the little design I have. I'm cool with it. Obviously my hair is thin on top, so it looks like a bald spot, but I really could care less.

I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.

In all honesty, I don't really know how to feel sexy.

Everyone has a different body shape, so you kind of have to figure out not only what works best for your body type, but what also makes you feel confident. Even if everyone thinks you look good in a bikini, and you don't feel good in it, you're not going to be at your best. If you feel great in a bikini, you can always work it.

When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

I'm real critical of myself and if I take the bandana off my head I'm completely bald headed and go from being 58 to looking 68 instantly.

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

They say a lot of women would like to see me naked, but there's not a lens long enough for that.

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

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.

They think I'm depressed because I look serious in photos. It's usually because I'm just nervous. But I've stopped dressing for other people. If I think I look good, that's the most important thing.

I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.

What we all learn is that beauty isn't a size 2. It's not a size 4. It's not a size 12. It's how you feel.

When you put on something that you really like, you feel like you are that person or the person you want to be.

When I was younger, I went through the windshield of a car, and my hair didn't grow back right. I had been wearing scarves occasionally, and I decided that I didn't want to deal with wigs and things, so I just stumbled onto my thing.

I genuinely think that I look better with no hair, and I feel sexier.

I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

I thought I was a sexy symbol!

I feel sexier in my 40s than I did in my 20s and 30s.

I'm sexy literally and I know it. I'm sexy because I know it.

I'm a believer in feeling good in your skin, so I put bikini pics on my Instagram.