Christina Hendricks Quotes

Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.

I don't think what I look like is relevant.

Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'

Even when I wasn't overweight I was never one of those girls or women who wanted to look nice. I always thought it wasn't important.

I thought I was attractive when I shot 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding.' Studio executives and movie reviewers let me know I had a confidence in my looks that was not shared by them.

In my twenties, I was virulently opposed to anyone commenting on my appearance, lest it come at the expense of my ability.

When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.

Women spend their lives trying to look good for men. So a woman who feels she's sending the right visual signals is pleased with herself.

I'm not that good looking.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!

You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.

Yet I've discovered that how I look is not a function of anything as ephemeral as my hair.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look bloody awful. I think I'm turning into the actress from 'Dynasty,' Linda Evans.

When I'm sitting in a casting room in Paris, I'm not the thinnest model. Sometimes I'm not the most flat-chested, either.

It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal.

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

I told my mom, 'I'm not buying another magazine until I can get past this thought of looking like the girl on the cover'. She said, "Miley, you are the girl on the cover,' and I was, like, 'I know, but I don't feel like that girl every day.' You can't always feel perfect.

The thing is that I never felt beautiful. I really never did. I think I can change my looks and be different things, but I've never thought of myself as this face.

It's not a prerequisite for an actor to be obsessed about his looks. I know there are people who don't look in the mirror at all, and I'm getting there.

I don't think I'm particularly beautiful at all.

With women, the way they look... it's the core of their self-esteem.