Amanda de Cadenet Quotes

I was lusted after walking down the streets of New York.

I used to cry myself to sleep wishing I was ugly because of the way men leered at and disrespected me.

I feel like girls in general will always worry about the same things, and it's all appearance related. That will always be there. When you grow older, you grow more confident with who you are.

I always talk with models and they always tell me how awful it was growing up being tall and skinny. Then when you're older, you're really glad. I think it's nice to have been through a terrible time and then all of a sudden be so lucky because then you appreciate it.

Had more confidence than I probably should have in high school. But I do remember feeling like I wish I could physically mature a little faster, fill out. In college it started to happen a little bit more, and my confidence started to grow - then I got out to L.A., and that got squashed immediately.

When women wear jeans people are tempted to pay attention to what is beyond it thus forcing them to do undesirable things.

I went from being just a kid to all of a sudden not being able to walk a block without a man waggling his tongue through his fingers, which is disgusting. I mean, I was 13 and suddenly I'm trying to see myself through the eyes of men, trying to figure out why I'm getting this reaction from them versus just being able to walk through the world whole.

As an adolescent, Spider-Man was what got me through tough times in terms of being a skinny kid.

I had just started ninth grade when I got my acne. And I had braces. I wouldn't look people in the eye. It was not a good time for me - it just killed my self-esteem. I thought when I didn't look at someone, they couldn't see my face.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

I like being talked about. I think some people really don't... because they're secure enough and they don't need that.

I don't find offensive that I'm being labelled a babe by blokes. I'm absolutely flattered.

It's not easy for most girls to stand in next-to-nothing and listen to photographers and stylists commenting on how they look.

It's hard to feel comfortable in your own skin when you're younger.

I know that I'm inadequate, but I never thought that at seventeen. I thought I was doing the best I could. I thought I was being idealistic.

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed.

When you're younger, you worry about so many things that you don't need to worry about, like image, appearance.

I loved Catholic school. I didn't like being beeped at by old pervs at the gas station because I was wearing a plaid skirt, though. It's like, do you think I'm going to stop and give you my phone number?

In middle school, we are all so damn insecure. It was the worst time for me, really destructive, like slapping myself across the face but loving it. Now I have to be an adult and change myself. I have to be a bigger person.

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.

My mother tells me of when I was 10 or 11 and I'd wear really tight, short skirts and crop tops. All the local men would wolf whistle and stop and stare, but I didn't realise why at the time.

I've been getting chatted up by men ever since I was 14.

I think everyone has their awkward phases. Growing up isn't easy for everyone. I definitely had my awkward moments.

Girls are telling me to take my shirt off. It's like, 'Hello! I'm a person, too!'

I wasn't truly comfortable with myself until I was about 30. I spent so much time and energy wondering if I wasn't worthy, and trying to find people to validate me, instead of validating myself.