Letitia Baldrige Quotes

What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone too fat; it's not a nice feeling.

When I was younger, most people thought my lips looked like Tweety Bird's - there were always comments like that from family and neighbors.

I used to be really comfortable with my body until I started hearing from people I didn't even know who have no relevance to me saying, 'You're ugly. You're fat. You're old.' And I thought, 'Hold on - I was doing alright until you piped up.'

I was known for being talented, but I was still the fat girl. And it wasn't what people were looking for. There's a lot that you hear. There's a lot of cruelty out there. Some of it comes from the executive offices. It comes from other artists at times. It was a very difficult thing to overcome.

As an actress - and as an actor, too, but it's worse for actresses - you constantly get picked apart for how you look.

I have an hourglass shape, and I think it's important to understand your body type and your personality type. Then make whatever is on trend and in fashion work for you.

When I was larger, people said I was fat. Now that I've lost weight, they say I died.

I know what it's like to be a model and go to castings where some people like what they see and others look at you with distaste.

I was getting a lot of really nasty feedback about my weight during 'Fargo,' which is unfortunate because I am statistically a completely average-size woman.

What is it about a baby bump that makes people feel it's okay to say things like, 'God! You are big!'

I've never worn plus size brands, and I never had to because I found what worked for my body type. So my advice is to find what works for you.

Gratuitous fat jokes always hurt, no matter what.

Most people are telling me I look horrible.

When people talk about my weight, I'm like, 'You seem to have a problem with it; I don't.'

Never guess a woman's age. Never guess a woman's weight. Never even talk about weight in front of a woman. And never, ever ask a woman when she's due.

Just because people are calling you skinny doesn't mean I'm like, 'Yay!' No! You're telling me I don't look right. This is me, this is my body - I have accepted it.

I looked massive next to Ryan Seacrest! But I was lucky that I've never had anyone say, 'Jordin, you need to lose weight.'

The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.

I had gone away from Twitter because before people had been so mean to me. Talking about my lisp and my enormous forehead and all these things. I do have a lisp, I do have a forehead I know you could land a plane on, it's no mystery to me. I just didn't have the skin for it.

When I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

I will tell you that when I was heavy, people would say to me - and it was such a backhanded compliment - they would say, 'You've got such a beautiful face,' in the way of, like, 'Oh, isn't it a shame that from the neck down you're questionable.'

I've a big bum and chunky calves. My husband says I've got elephantiasis of the legs.

I've been told to wear different things, to look different, to lose weight, to look sexier, to wear more hair, to wear more makeup.

I've had designers say to my face, 'Oh, I want to dress you now that you're skinny.' And that's really rude.

I remember meeting my manager Eamonn for the very first time, and one of the first things he said to me was, 'You're fat. The first thing you need to go is get to a gym.' It was quite a wake-up call. I got a bit angry initially, like, 'The cheek of him', but I'm quite a pragmatic and thick-skinned person, so I just went ahead and joined the gym.