Gabrielle Union Quotes

In high school, everyone told me I had a great personality and sense of humor, but I wanted to be the girl who boys liked because she was pretty on top of being funny. I was boy crazy.

I wouldn't get asked to dances because I wasn't as petite and cute as the other girls.

I hate being too pretty.

Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.

I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.

The pressure to look good is intense. It is hard to be immune to that and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.

I used to do fake tanning because I was told that I didn't look great.

I hate the pressure of having to look good all the time.

You wouldn't believe how many people have told me that I need to fix my teeth or that I need to restructure my jawline.

I know I was not the hottest chick at school!

I cancel going out if my hair doesn't look good.

Standards of beauty are arbitrary. Body shame exists only to the extent that our physiques don't match our own beliefs about how we should look.

I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most.

I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.

I wanted to be like my friends. I hung out with girls who had blue eyes and blond hair and I thought, 'I want to look like them!'

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

Growing up, I was picked on a bit; I was pretty heavy-set, and then I was a theater kid. I just felt unpopular and uncool, so I think in my mind I had this idea of fame and being popular and how nice that would be. The reality of it is sometimes it's not nice.

You get stared at the whole time. I first noticed that when I was about 13. I was very shy. Being considered beautiful, I always felt that people were waiting for something more. I imagined you were supposed to have an intellectual ability - and I'm making no claims here - proportional to your supposed good looks.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I really never thought about the way I looked until boys came into the picture.

I always wonder if what I'm wearing will be something that people would compliment, or want to wear. I don't ever get ready just for myself, ever.

Middle school was probably my hardest time. I was trying to fit in for so long, until about junior year of high school when I realized that trying to fit into this one image of perfection was never going to make me happy.

Girls pour their insecurities into their looks.

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.