Caroline Knapp Quotes

There was a time in my life where I was very depressed, I had lost all self-esteem. I came to a point where I couldn't even look at myself in the mirror, I had gained weight.

When you're in your own body, you don't feel great about yourself. I don't think of myself that way.

When people say 'You're so beautiful' it makes me want to kill myself! As an actress you want to be seen for what you do, for the characters you can play, otherwise I'd be a model.

Mastery over the body - its impulses, its needs, its size - is paramount; to lose control is to risk beauty, and to risk beauty is to risk desirability, and to risk desirability is to risk entitlement to sexuality and love and self-esteem.

I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.

You take away the handicap of obesity, and this person becomes someone else. Take a jolly fat man for instance. You talk to him, and his heart is breaking. He wants to be thin.

After my first 'Sports Illustrated' cover, I felt terrible about myself for a solid month. People deal with models like they are children. They think they can pull one over on you. I'm not a toy; I'm a human. I'm not here to be used.

It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.

Self-esteem is such a challenging issue for young women.

When people feel good, they look good.

Self-esteem is as important to our well-being as legs are to a table. It is essential for physical and mental health and for happiness.

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

People tend to look great if they feel great.

I used to be smaller than I am now, and it didn't make my life any easier. It's not really about your body. It's about what's going on inside, in your head and your heart.

I suffer the terrible disease of low self-esteem.

If you're not happy about how you look, you have to question how much self-love you have.

I like myself a lot more than I used to. I had a very difficult time in my twenties especially. It was hard for me to look in the mirror and find something that I liked about myself.

I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.

I'm ugly.

From 1997 through 1999, I had gained so much. People don't realize how something like weight gain can make you sad. Losing weight has changed my life. If you can take control of your life, you can lose weight.

I feel like there's more to life then worrying about the way that you look.

I am not even trying to become size zero. My problem was that I hated to see myself putting on weight when I could see others around me slim and trim and looking great. It was affecting me mentally.

I really just want to change the way women think about themselves. A lot of young girls are quite lost.

Body image has a lot to do with where you're coming from personally.