Estelle Quotes

I've always liked to think I could do anything I wished as well as - if not better than - a man. But I wasn't very good at rally driving.

They won't take you seriously because you are a girl. These guys had to understand that you are just as tough as them, and you have to take them on.

I just want to prove that I can do anything any other female model can do.

I love Priyanka Chopra mainly because she is a self-made woman.

I was an underdog my whole career, but I knew I had the ability to compete with those guys.

I take the toughest challenges and fight against the best women. With that attitude, I will always be doing something big. I'm light-years ahead of my time.

I won't put a product out that I don't 100 percent believe in. All of my products are made from the best ingredients and are made to make a woman feel like herself, only prettier and more confident.

I have never tried to compare myself to anyone else.

Women need opportunity and encouragement. If a girl can climb mountains, she can do anything positive within her field of work.

You know how macho boys get when they're all together? Well, the set of 'Desperado' was like that. They were all trying to put me down, saying, 'Bring on the stuntwoman, Salma can't do that.' But I did everything.

Yes, it's a man's world, but that's all right because they're making a total mess of it. We're chipping away at their control, taking the parts we want. Some women think it's a difficult task, but it's not.

I've been very much intrigued by and impressed with women. But I've never been intimidated. Even if I make a fool of myself, it's better to have tried.

After a few games I knew I was going to be able to compete. The idea of being a star never crossed my mind.

I have no regrets at all. I have done quite well for myself. I didn't have a conventional face, but I have done well, and I am proud of it.

Being a woman in music was fine, but when I wanted to direct, I was poking my head into a man's world.

I don't like to compare myself with anybody.

I'm probably a little more like my dad. But because of my mom, I never saw being a woman as being an impediment to being able to do something. She had her Ph.D. before I was born.

I hope that I inspire women to believe in themselves, no matter where they come from; no matter what education they have; what particular background they originate from.

Basically, all my life I'd been told you can't do that because you're female. So I guess I just didn't pay any attention. I just went ahead and did what I could and then, when the stars aligned, I was ready.

It didn't matter how good I was. It was always, 'You're a girl. You can't play with the guys.' It's always been motivation for me.

I want young people to see me and think you can be feminine and smart and successful, all at the same time.

Women have to be able to look at themselves in the mirror as men do and say, “I see a presidential candidate!”

I want people to live to their full potential, not to hold themselves back because of insecurities, and especially not women. I see too much of that.

In everything I do, I like to set the idea for girls that they can do anything. I was really moved by Hillary Clinton's speech when she lost the election - she didn't want young girls to feel like it wasn't possible and wanted them to know a female president will eventually happen. That's important.

I found when talking with many other women that they sometimes are more reluctant to toot their own horn, to talk about their success. They have to be more confident in doing that. That is not always the case, but there is that element that women don't put forth who they are.