Raven-Symone Quotes

I have been a big guy all my life, I am not going to lose a bunch of weight, because then you're like that weird fat person that got skinny but still has a big head. I don't want to do that. So I'm just trying.

I often get references to 'slight' or whatever, and my weight's been a thing for me my whole life. I have to really, really work. I train six times a week to just be normal and not be fat.

I worry I look posh and fat. I can't do anything about posh - I'm accentless - but I've spent 20 years battling my weight.

My family, doctors, and society at large were constantly telling me that I was too heavy, that I needed to exercise more, that I should be smaller.

If we're talking about being skinny or losing weight, I don't have that problem; it's genetics.

I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately.

The truth is, I like my body more when it's thinner. I have a range of jeans, and I'm happier in the smaller ones. But I don't have the same drive to get into those jeans. I'm not going to change my day to get there, whereas I used to.

Some people would like me to be round again.

Yes, some people say to me you're too skinny, but never a skinny person says that to me, only people who could lose a few pounds say that.

As a gymnast, you always wear spandex. Being a teenager wearing spandex? It was tough accepting how my body looked, especially if there was any weight gain.

I find it funny that people now come up to me and say, 'Wow, you are absolutely gorgeous. I'm like, 'I was beautiful before I lost weight. Egotistically speaking, I thought I was amazing.'

I was always handsome under all the fat.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

Beautiful? It's all a question of luck. I was born with good legs. As for the rest... beautiful, no. Amusing, yes.

I grew up in a family where we weren't allowed to talk about beauty or to put any emphasis on physical appearance.

Sometimes I wish I were just magically a size 6 and I never had to give it a single thought.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change. I was heavy and overweight as a teenager, so it's hard to be cocky or egotistical.

My weight has been one of the most challenging things that I've had to deal with throughout my career.

Even in normal life, I'm not the skinniest model.

I'm not slimming down for anyone and losing my figure.

My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.

One of the biggest struggles of my life is my weight. My weight is always going up and down, and I'm always fighting that, and I think that no matter what I do, I'm never going to look good enough to everybody else.

I don't really know why I'm not thinner than I am.

As a kid who grew up chubby, I just marveled at the fact that I could be thin.

If I lost weight, I'd be two-dimensional!