Kelly Brook Quotes

Because I don't really think of myself as a hunk, to be honest.

Encouraging young people to believe in themselves and find their own voice whether it's through writing, drama or art is so important in giving young people a sense of self-worth.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that usually fade. Dig a little deeper, and the 'why' is usually unveiled: to be more confident, to be more happy, to feel sexy again.

Not to say you should let your physicality define you, but there are some things that can make people feel really insecure. So, if there is something you want to fix that allows you to feel a little bit more confident, I support it.

When I was younger, I wanted to be tall and skinny. And because I wasn't, I was disappointed. The great thing about getting older is that I've come to accept my shape - and embrace it.

I really wanted to be a model when I was little. I loved photography, and I loved being on camera. But I was short and chubby, so I couldn't. Anyway, being an artist is way more interesting than just being a model because it's about you and what you want to be. You're not being treated like a clothes hanger.

The biggest problem I had - and the biggest problem teenagers have - is not how they dress, how they look or how they act or talk. It's how they see themselves - their self-esteem. In the tenth grade, I realized I am who I am. I've got big ears and big feet. I can etiher sulk around or I can be happy with who I am. The minute I decided to be confident with who I was, all that other stuff stopped. It's all in the way you carry yourself.

Dance really built my confidence on stage. I'm still a shy person. But I have a lot more confidence than I did when I started.

I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work.

When I think of all the years in my 30s when I starved myself... but when I got the role of Lois, I stopped thinking about my looks and was just myself.

I think that women who know who they are are beautiful.

If I'm the weak link or whatever, I guess that means I've got something to prove. I've always had something to prove.

I know who I am and I've always been comfortable in my own skin.

I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.

Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I've gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don't see myself as sexy.

A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy.

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

I'm learning to embrace who I am and what I look like.

I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.

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.