Zoe Saldana Quotes

As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it.

Every girl likes feeling hot and sexy and beautiful and likes hearing it.

My body is my best asset.

Of course, like any woman, I look in the mirror and think, 'Oh, wouldn't I look better with a bit of Botox?' But you've got to find comfort in your own skin. I've watched women stretch themselves year after year until their faces are no longer recognisable.

Do I envy Madonna's body? Yes. Do I thank God that she has it? Yes! If you're fifty-something and you look like Madonna, and you put a lifetime's work in the way you look, then flash it to the world!

I never had the slightest desire to have cosmetic surgery - partly because I don't want to look like an alien and partly because it's nice to age in a way. Also, I think that if your soul is beautiful, then the rest of you stays beautiful.

I completely think of myself as sexual. Completely and utterly. Probably more so than I did when I was 30. I don't know why. I'm very comfortable with how I look. I'm absolutely committed to never having anything done to my face. I would never let anyone near me with a Botox needle.

For me, whatever age or size I've been, I have rather liked myself. The shell is not the thing at all.

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

When I meet young girls, I'm always like, 'Just do me one favour. Love what you look like right now - and remember I said it 10 years from now because it's the greatest gift I can give.'

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.

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

I'm not a supermodel. I make the best of what I've got.

I'm not ashamed; I work hard to look how I do.

I think that the longer I look good, the better gay men feel.

I know people who've had a nose job, and they've walked out feeling a million dollars, and their confidence is tenfold. Good on them! Natural beauty comes in all different shapes and sizes, but if you think surgery would right something you have a problem with, then why shouldn't you do it?

At the end of the day, a 34B doesn't give you self-esteem.

We women are way too hard on ourselves. I don't know who some women are dressing for, but we should be celebrating our bodies.

It's beautiful when someone can carry her own hair and body and curves and bumps.

Acceptance is being able to feel beautiful in whatever you feel comfortable in.

I hope to inspire others to be confident in their own skin and to love themselves with makeup or without.

Not everyone can look the same, so as long as you look the best that you can look and you feel good, that's all that matters.

My body doesn't have a lot of curves; I have small breasts, I don't have hips - so I'm not going to try to make myself something that I'm not. I'm just going to try to be the best version of myself.

When it comes to beauty, I try to teach my step daughters to embrace themselves the way they are, and to have fun.

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.