Bel Powley Quotes

There are so many images pushed at women and so many ideas of what you're supposed to be. I think there's too much of this superwoman, this woman with a bottom like two billiard balls. There's no real celebration of just being a person.

So many people are concerned with being the perfect 'something.' Whether it's the perfect singer, the perfect sexy girl, or the perfect feminist. I don't want to be the perfect anything.

I just want to make sure girls know they don't have to carry the weight of achieving nearly impossible standards on their shoulders every day.

And there is a beautiful thing which is wonderful, to look like a woman, not a green bean.

I hope girls read what I say in interviews - they should just be themselves.

Eve wasn't a size 6 and neither am I.

We all hate on ourselves way too much, and there are so many people who think they have to look like those women on TV. That's so unreasonable. Everybody is supposed to be a different size. And if I can just be confident in myself, then I'll look better. It's quantum physics!

It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do.

I resent that there is an image of perfection that is getting thinner and thinner. I've got a lovely husband and children, and I didn't lose weight to find those things.

When I do see a picture of myself that has been touched up too much, I do get a bit sad... it makes me look like a hypocrite. It breaks my heart. I would rather shoot a magazine and shoot my flaws, but that's not up to me.

I love seeing a young woman embrace who she is.

I'm proud of me, and I am who I am.

I need to just be Iskra, and I've got to believe in me, or else no one will.

Isn't it incredible how, you know, people have to fight to look like themselves. It's so crazy to me.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

I'm not ashamed of who I am.

People just need to be confident in their own skin and be proud of themselves.

It used to bother me - having bigger, fuller brows. I even plucked them once so I'd fit in, but I hated them and couldn't wait for them to grow back. Now I embrace them. I realized the quirky things that make you different are what make you beautiful.

I think pop culture underestimates people. The message is, 'Being yourself is the worst thing you could possibly be.' But people are still attracted to it.

I'm like, 'Yeah, I could afford braces, but why should I change myself to be what everybody else wants me to be when I'm OK with who I am and I'm happy with who I am?'

I think that we could be more careful about what we're saying to young women in terms of their expectations. It's unrealistic to expect people to always be in designer clothes. Girls growing up deserve more freedom in how they look and how they feel about how they look.

I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.

You just need to be accepted for who you are and be proud of who you are and that is what I'm trying to do.

Every woman is not a runway model, nor should she be.

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