Pia Zadora Quotes

I don't want women to hold themselves back. I think there are too many women who are self-conscious about the way they look - the way they see themselves in the mirror.

But I've never felt objectified. Nothing you see me do is an accident.

A person's self-esteem has nothing to do with how she looks.

It's one thing for other people to see potential in you, and it's quite another for you to understand that and see it in yourself.

I really don't care that I'm ranked.

I know a lot of people who really aren't beautiful because their attitudes are very nasty... Whether I make the 50 most beautiful list or not, I'm always going to feel like I'm number one most beautiful to myself... I get that from my mom, and my daddy and my friends who raised me.

Diane Keaton, I've worked with her as a director, and I think she's a really intelligent woman. I like the fact that the things that make her feel beautiful are more than just her face; it's who she is, and I live by that same theory. There are things I want to achieve in my life intellectually that make me feel beautiful.

You'll never rise any higher than the way you see yourself.

I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.

It kind of cracks me up when people say I'm hot because I just think that that's a term that I don't have to deal with anymore.

I'm not an eye-candy kind of girl.

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Ego is good.

You come to a point in your life when you really don't care what people think about you, you just care what you think about yourself.

I didn't grow up beautiful.

My friends have to remind me that it's OK to own the fact that you're good at something. I think it'll just come with getting older.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

A man is always better than he thinks.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

One of the things your unconscious mind does for you - and it's a great gift - is it gives you extra courage to view the outer world and it does that by giving you an extra-special view of yourself.

My body is my best asset.

I learned the importance of being confident. I think that at the end of the day, it's not so much about what you look like - it's really about the way that you feel. That resonates with people.

I was never a pretty girl, so I wasn't the one to get the boy. I used to cast myself as a good sport. Sometimes I wonder if I do that too much with roles I play, because if I'm absolutely truthful, I quite like being the best friend, or the supporting role, and actually I ought to gear-change and make myself the leading role.

I used to hate looking in the mirror. I've grown up into myself and now I'm happy with the way I look.