James Marsden Quotes

Beautiful people are forgiven more often than the rest.

She studied him for a few more seconds. “You look too pretty to be useful.” I gasped in spite of myself. Adrian chuckled and shook her hand. “Truer words were never spoken,” he said.

Good-looking individuals are treated better than homely ones in virtually every social situation, from dating to trial by jury. If everyday experience hasn't convinced you of this, there's research that will.

I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.

It's always nice to have people say you're good-looking. But I do get told I'm not right for parts because I'm too good-looking.

As a woman you have to tick all these boxes to be able to be on TV. I know I look a certain way and that's partly why I'm on TV. If I were really ugly and fat, I don't think I'd have had the same chance.

Being eye candy always was a short-term career, and here's the reason. The world finds young women more attractive than old women because youthfulness signals fertility.

There's this unbelievable bias and prejudice against quote-unquote good-looking people, that they can't be in pain or they can't have rough lives or be deep or interesting.

Women's currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Somebody will come on TV singing, and you're like, 'Oh my God! I mean, they suck! You know, who signed them?' Well, it's just because she's good lookin', or it's because he's takin' his shirt off and he's muscley or something, or else he wouldn't have gotten his chance.

Beautiful people are always with us, as evolutionary psychologists and a trip to the news-stand confirm.

I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

We all know that looks matter. What most of us don't understand is just how much looks matter and how difficult it is for us to ignore a person's appearance when making a social judgment.

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

People have always had these weird things about how you have to be really good looking to be a singer.

It kind of irritates me that I'm seen as this pretty face. People also say I'm too thin. The truth is pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It comes with all these stigmas.

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.

We're teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person.

Beauty is an outward gift, which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused.

You can be too pretty for comedy - man or woman.

When you have used your beauty to get around, it's like having extra cash in your back pocket. I was so used to walking down the street and having the young guys passing by at least give me a flicker of a look. But once you're over 40, you become invisible. You're a brick in the building, and it's sad.

Most people ask me were you always sexy and if I said I was born this way I'd be lying.

As a woman people judge you on your looks regardless of the fact you're just there to race.

I guess being a hunk is a lot better than being a chunk.