Beth Ditto Quotes

Some people say I'm really ugly and anorexic; some say the only reason I'm on TV is because I'm pretty. I say to them: Get your slander straight. You are what you are, whether you're small or skinny or smart or dumb. Just do what you do.

The public doesn't care about my size. It's just something for the media to talk about.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I'd love for people to accept me just as me, but I know that I generate a strong response; I always have - my name, my looks, my size.

Looking back, I can't say I got any real satisfaction from so many people being interested in what I looked like.

The thing is, my appearance – that’s never been my moneymaker. I’m fine being small. I’m fine being all the things I am. And I’m happy I’m not supposed to be on the 50 Most Beautiful list all the time, because that would be super f**king stressful.

We have to stop this idea that we have to be a certain shape.

I keep telling myself that I'm a human being, an imperfect human being who's not made to look like a doll, and that who I am as a person is more important than whether at that moment I have a nice figure.

I wasn't a cheerleader or the prom queen. I don't move through the world with a mirror in front of my face, and I've never been attracted to projects that had an emphasis on what I look like.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

I'm not a public figure; I shouldn't have to be held to a certain standard of beauty.

I don't really care if people think I'm good-looking or not; it doesn't define me as a person.

I've had some people tell me they're glad I'm a normal girl. Of course I'm a normal girl!

I don't want to be about the way I look - my body, my hair, my makeup, all those boring things.

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

Looks aren't a big thing to me. I keep reading these articles in fan magazines about me, and I don't even know who they're talking about. It's boring.

I'm not obsessed by looks. I think you can become a prisoner of your own image.

Being too thin. Being bigger. I've been criticized for being on both sides of the scale.

What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.

We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is.

I never thought I was cute, ever.

I was the Kate Moss of my day, atypical of what the public wanted, which was Brigitte Bardot. I was always tall, skinny and angular. But now, society has bought 55 years of my marketing 'Carmen,' and I'm considered beautiful. I hope that empowers older women.

As soon as you 'Botox' your smile lines away, you lose part of your identity.

A lot of people say I'm bent, and I've heard it so many times that I've almost learned to accept it.

I photograph people as I find them. But people have issues about how they look.