Julia Restoin Roitfeld Quotes

'Sexy' doesn't have to come with the price tag of being dumb.

Despite the fact that I have a good-size pair of breasts... in Lois & Clark, I have the opportunity to show the world they're not my only attribute.

I'm definitely more attracted to chaos than to order. The point is, I find the female roles out there very cliche. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves.

Women of every age and size really just want to look sexy, while retaining their power and dignity.

I live by a man's code, designed to fit a man's world, yet at the same time I never forget that a woman's first job is to choose the right shade of lipstick.

I love every aspect of being a woman. I believe you should celebrate who you are.

You can still be strong and be feminine.

It bothered me that women were taught they can't be beautiful just being themselves - it filled me with rage.

We're told that to be successful girls, we have to be small and quiet. Yet to be successful humans, we have to become big and have a voice. There's an inherent contradiction.

I actually thought it was quite nice to feel that I could legitimately take up extra space and not have to apologise for doing so. It goes with the territory and I think you have to embrace your pregnancy otherwise you risk having a terrible time.

There were times when I tried to hide my muscles. When you're a young girl, you hear, 'You're really strong,' or, 'You have really toned arms.' In my head, it wasn't something that should be said about a girl. It should be more, 'You're pretty.'

A real feminist doesn't apologize for her beauty. You can be a sexy, beautiful woman and be the smartest person in the room.

I'm so much more confident and sexy at thirty-eight than I ever was when I was eighteen or twenty-four.

Humans are humans. If somebody's mean to you, it's not gonna feel good - no matter if you're a man or a woman. I'm really proud to be a woman. I love that women can be feminine but also powerful. You know, free the nipple!

Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman?

Our culture has created two almost irreconcilable descriptions of a 'good woman.' The first is the individual achiever; the second, the self-sacrificing domestic goddess.

It's hard being a girl. There are a lot of body image issues that come up and I think the best thing we can do for our kids is lead by example.

You're not supposed to look perfect while you're making babies. Making babies is the perfection. It's about feeling good in clothes and knowing you can get dressed up in the evening, work it for a minute, and maybe get back in a certain pair of jeans. But there's just no such thing as perfection.

I'm not one of those Hollywood moms where my kid is three weeks old and I'm a size zero. I'm a real woman and I'm a working woman and a working mom.

I don't understand women who try to be glamour queens.

Nobody else knew what to do with me because big women are old.

I am such a tomboy. I grew up fighting with boys, mainly - beating up boys, actually.

And then also I think it's harder for women because comedy is so opposite of being ladylike.

I'm not big on women looking naive.

As someone who has always felt at times pretty genderless because of my size, it interests me to challenge ideas of prejudice and femininity, and what it is to be a woman.