Elayne Boosler Quotes

I think clothes hang beautifully on thin women.

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

People put too much emphasis on looks.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough.

Even today, in our progressive times, in most movies that come out, the men have to have biceps and the women have to be thin or something.

I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.

All girls want to be sexy.

Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.

I'm not a model or an actress; I'm just a 23 year old who likes to talk about science. Why does what I look like matter so much?

As far as TV goes, of course there's pressure to look good. It's not something I've ever cared about too much.

Women are blessed with lots and lots of extra ways to win or lose validation. If you're a woman, you'll be judged on your beauty and your wit and how often you smile. You'll be judged on how much hair you have in some places and not in others.

I think that people put a lot of worth into looks. Unfortunately, there's a standard that so many people look up to that is unrealistic for everyone's body type.

A girl has to be super-hot now for me to be even semi-interested.

Part of my job is to be looked at and I do think we live in a world where you are judged on your looks. If you look at someone you previously liked and they look old and decrepit, I don't think it's that pleasant.

Crying is the refuge of plain women but the ruin of pretty ones.

There are some women out there who are just going to look better with a mustache: that's statistics.

I never wanted to go for the cute boys. Why would you wanna have a boyfriend that's cuter than you?

I'm a woman, and every woman wants to be skinnier - unfortunately.

Articles always end up being about my appearance. I had a conversation with Jude Law: he told me people's obsession with looks goes away after a while.

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.

The most common error made in matters of appearance is the belief that one should disdain the superficial and let the true beauty of one's soul shine through. If there are places on your body where this is a possibility, you are not attractive - you are leaking.

I have often wondered what my life would have been like if I had needed a size thirty-eight bra instead of a modest thirty-four.

I don't know any women who don't think about what they look like, and I don't know any men who don't think about what women look like.

From a male perspective, you don't think about how much outward pressure and importance you put on how women look.

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.