Caleb Landry Jones Quotes

If there was going to be a pioneer of the plus-size girl of my shape on TV, why not me?

For me, playing a chubby or fat superhero was so special because I would go and watch these movies with my friends and would never see anyone like me. I am excited to be that for other kids who look like me.

I hope that I can be an inspiration to kids that are young and may feel different or may feel like they don't belong.

Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.

Anyone who knows me knows what I'm about - how much I'm into empowerment, equal rights and everyone just loving themselves.

I know I'm representing a group - black, Latin, whatever you want to put me with - and I want to show that they are beautiful the way they are. I think that's really important for our youth to see.

I'd like to be the role model to teach other people who have Down's syndrome to be actors and actresses and to be themselves and not try to be a big shot.

In my work and in myself I reflect black people, women and men, as I reflect others. One day even the most self-protective ones will look into the mirror I provide and not be afraid.

In British culture, redheads get teased at school. But I've grown up enough to realize I love my hair.

I know what it's like to turn the page of a magazine and not see anyone like you. It takes a lot, a lot, a lot of talking to yourself to confirm your self-worth.

I'm lucky to be in a space where I've been accepted for who I am and celebrated for who I am.

I was too old, too young, too fat, too thin, too tall, too short, too blond, too dark - but at some point, they're going to need the other. So I'd get really good at being the other.

My parents have taught me the value of reading and self-love through books that have characters that look like me and talk like me.

I'm working to create a space where it feels easy to include and imagine black girls and make black girls like me the main characters of our lives.

Once I realized, when I became a plus-size model, that there were more women like me, my confidence immediately shot through the roof.

I want people to feel happy in their own skins and feel accepted by society.

I'm inspired to post a lot of positive messages on my social media because, growing up, I felt as though I needed somebody that looked like me in the limelight or in entertainment to promote being different and promote accepting your differences.

Even with the beauty stories we put out, we saw there was an opportunity to address issues of representation, identity, self-expression. We created the community that we wanted to have at 'Teen Vogue.' We were willing to lose some to have more.

I think it's really important for all young girls to see themselves represented in fashion so they don't feel alone in the world.

We absolutely need more role models. I think we need more people to come forward and be proud of who they are.

It's just surreal because I get to empower other little African-American girls around the world and say that you can be a superhero, and you rock, and you can conquer the world, and you are beautiful just the way you are, and your flaws are nothing, and you're awesome.

Anyone can wear my dresses. They will look good on any figure, no matter what shape you are. I want to celebrate a woman's inner strength, to inspire real women and make them feel confident and beautiful.

My visibility may have gotten Hollywood to redefine what's attractive.

I wouldn't want them to feel lonely or outcast ever in any way. And no matter where they were in the world, I'd want them to always feel incredibly confident about who they were and proud.

I love my body.