Body Expectations Quotes

I'm strong, but my arms are skinny; they're never going to get big and bulky like a football player.

The girls want to see the rips on your stomach - they like that.

Just because you're big doesn't mean you can't be an athlete. And just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack.

I hang out with models, the biggest pop stars and, you know, really and honestly, I hate saying this, but none of them are achieving those body shapes by being healthy.

Whatever its origin, I'd like to see a cure for the Incredibly Shrinking Actress phenomena.

You only hear the horror stories - that after a baby, you never get your body back - but it's not true; it depends on your life beforehand.

I've definitely had obstacles in my career - my whole entire career - to stay a certain weight, to get smaller than I have been, but I look at my family, I look at where I come from and that's not really in our genes.

Models, even male models - how small they've gotten! It looks great for the clothes, but it's not what you want in real life.

Women with body image or eating disorders are not a special category; [they’re] just more extreme in their response to a culture that emphasizes thinness and impossible standards of appearance for women instead of individuality and health.

That's what I signed up for in the beginning. I was 170 pounds; 155 was forced on me.

I kept getting told, 'You need to bulk up. Burgers and shakes. Burgers and shakes.' That's never been my thing.

In the comics, Supergirl is quite, um, buxom...so I hope people won't come to the film expecting that.

Dancers are kept in a perpetual state of pre-puberty, and for young girls in particular, that type of pressure breeds insecurities.

Our cultural discussion of fat bodies and how we clothe them has nothing to do with health concerns, the obesity epidemic, or the comfort of fat people. It has everything to do with what we expect from women, what we've been told by the fashion industry, and the value we place on 'perfect' bodies.

In South, the actresses are expected to be fuller, unlike Bollywood. The sensibilities are totally different.

Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

In the dance world, you have to have a certain muscular shape; you have to have long limbs and willowy shoulders. It's hard to have breasts.

I just worry about the girls who look up to me. I don't want them to think I starve myself or don't eat, and that to be like me that's what they have to do.

I've never heard of a size 0 or a negative human. That's hard. A lot of girls aren't naturally built that way.

There's a reason why there's a problem with bodies, and it's because you never actually get to see any normal versions of them.

There are many artists who feel that in order to move forward in their careers, they have to lose a drastic amount of weight.

I modelled in my 20s, and it was an obsessive time. I was under pressure to look a certain way.

Let's just face it: The average girl is not 6-3. I look very average.

I'm waiting for some studio to be like, 'Look, we need you to be totes buff.' 'I'm sorry, what'd you say?' 'Totes buff. We're gonna get you a trainer.' And I'm like, 'Oh, awesome! I've been waiting for this moment.' I would love to get in shape for a reason besides my own health and life.

I am a girl, so I never looked at my dad's body and thought that's what I need to look like.