Karl-Anthony Towns Quotes

I've never been supercritical about my body.

I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an actor first.

On a scale of one to 10, I'd rate my body confidence as a good seven. Everyone has their hang-ups, but I see my body as a training tool and I feel good about it.

I'm much more accepting of myself. A lot of my body issues have naturally settled down.

I know I'm not a buff dude in any sense, but I'm more than comfortable with my body.

Women are wonderful, but they get so caught up about their body. We need to unhook from worrying so much. When I don't feel good, I look in the mirror and think I look fat and miserable. But when I feel good and whole, I'm not worried about my body because I'm living in it. It doesn't become an object.

I'm very physical. It's an important part of being a woman - feeling good about yourself and really being in tune with your personality.

Learning to love my inner and outer beauty wasn't an easy road. I still don't always love the reflection I see in the mirror, but I have learned that my outer appearance does not define me.

When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I didn't value my body. I was constantly judging it, but I also didn't live in it.

I don't weigh myself.

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

I'm never going to be a skinny girl, which is good. That's just not my thing. It's more about health and truly being comfortable in your own skin.

I hate running. I know I'm curvier - I know I'm small, but I'm not ripped. But I make a choice to be that way. I realize my arms aren't as toned as Halle Berry's but I don't want them to be.

I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.

Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do.

I used to be insecure about my butt, but I no longer think of clothes as something to make me look skinnier.

I've become very aware of body issues and body confidence.

It took time, and it happened gradually, but by the time I started college, I felt truly comfortable with my body.

I never weigh myself.

I had had my own trials and tribulations with body image. I had gone through a lot starting from my teenage years.

Do I sometimes wish I were thinner? God, in the old days, absolutely I did, but now I feel that to lose weight would be disloyal to myself.

If I was going to be on screen in a bathing suit, I wanted to feel good about myself.

I'm at the heaviest I've ever been in my life now and it took me being the heaviest to finally love myself.

In previous roles, I have thought of my body as 'Betty's body,' and I try not to eat too many dinner rolls - please don't fire me! I'll make crazy choices from the neck up, but from the neck down, it's just me trying to suck it in. And in 'GLOW,' my whole body was required to do a function and not just to look as good as possible in a costume.

Embrace yourself and do what you can to look and feel your best. Don't put on so many fashion trends that create a ridiculous style statement. Pick and choose what feels good, and flatters your own body.