Sanaa Lathan Quotes

We are often told we can't have brains and beauty, and I really hope that my message is that you can put on that red lip and curl your hair and put on that power dress - you don't have to sacrifice one for the other.

Women's behavior in handling beauty, even before feminism, was to deny they had any. Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

Shopping for hijabs has always been fun for me. I was so excited to begin wearing a headscarf. I had always looked up to my mother as she wore hers, and I was eager to emulate her beauty and the wonderful things she represented.

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 grew up in a makeup chair. And to see the women around me getting ready was so aspirational. It's about mothers and daughters, a girl watching her mom at a vanity table.

When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.

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

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But it's only recently I've had the courage to do that.

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.

I hate the term 'arm candy.' But, look, a woman's figure is a beautiful thing, and if she has shapely legs, then she should show them off, because men love to see that. Not just heterosexual men - gay men like to see a woman in her beauty and the shape of her.

I really love over-the-knee boots. I think they're super sexy and they're fun. And they're also very strong and empowering.

What can I say? I feel good when I'm wearing heels. I feel sexier, attractive.

A woman is never sexier than when she is comfortable in her clothes.

You can be beautiful with big breasts; you can be beautiful in your 40s. If you don't have perfect ankles, still you can move your legs in a certain way and look very sexy.

Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.

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

In Europe you can be Sophia, you can be these older women who are considered very sexy.

All girls want to be sexy.

There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.

I design to make women feel confident and beautiful.

I think trying too hard to be sexy is the worst thing in the world a woman can do.

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

My approach to beauty is all about moods. If you want to feel sexy, if you want to feel feminine or, I don't know, boyish - it's all about how you feel at that point in time. My mood changes.

I wore the hijab - a form of dress that comprises a head scarf and usually also clothing that covers the whole body except for the face and hands - for nine years. Put more honestly, I wore the hijab for nine years and spent eight of them trying to take it off.

I'm constantly trying to redefine what being a beauty queen is.