Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Related There are lots of actresses I consider to be my icons, from Katharine Hepburn and Grace Kelly to Dia... BLAKE LIVELY My eyes are too big, my nose is too flat, my ears stick out, my mouth is too big and my face is too ... GOLDIE HAWN As an actress, I really love people like Anna Magnani and Debra Winger. I also think there is nobody... PENELOPE CRUZ If screenwriters have to kill off a female character, they love to give her cancer. We've seen s... GERALDINE BROOKS My dance teacher will show me pictures of girls who are rhythmic gymnasts, and they are super skinny... MADDIE ZIEGLER I'm not much of a water skier, my legs are too skinny for that, so I just try to tube and have f... JOSH TURNER There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just d... MILLA JOVOVICH Simple. Pared down. Timeless. The ties were never too thick or too thin; the pants were never too fl... JENNIFER GRANT What is a movie star? A movie star is many things. They can be tall, short, thin, or skinny. They ca... STEVE MARTIN Very skinny women don't look beautiful in clothes. CHRISTIAN LACROIX They were very skinny, very unhealthy. JENNIFER THOMAS The way I looked when I started modelling - I was a skinny schoolgirl, stuffing tissues into my litt... TWIGGY I've got a lot of artistic energy, but there's only so much of it, though. You don't wan... BRYAN GREENBERG I grew up as a very sarcastic person. I was always the class clown, and to date girls, I had to be r... KURT FULLER A basin of nice smooth gruel, thin, but not too thin. JANE AUSTEN It's important to be fit, but you shouldn't get too skinny. You need to have curves. ERIN HEATHERTON It's wonderful to be appreciated for being quirky, and to see Zooey Deschanel and the quirky, in... MAYIM BIALIK I was very skinny, but that was just my natural build. I always ate sensibly - being thin was in my ... TWIGGY On the whole, I think women wear too much and are to fussy. You can't see the person for all the... JULIE ANDREWS I was always superthin, too skinny, actually. I felt like someone could break me in half. I realize ... ASHLEY TISDALE I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread. J.R.R. TOLKIEN I have much more to offer than my physical appearance, and a hijab protects me against 'You'... HALIMA ADEN Anna Magnani, Sophia Loren, Meryl Streep - I love actresses that are strong and fragile at the same ... MORAN ATIAS You can't know too much, but you can say too much. CALVIN COOLIDGE I'm a big fan of 'Woody Allen' movies, so I like all the actresses in his movies like ... EMILY PERKINS Some people who meet me might think I starve myself, because there's such an assumption that bei... TAMSIN EGERTON If a person wants to limit how much they consume, it's better if you pour into a tall, skinny glass.... BRIAN WANSINK She began to be reassured by these pains, tangible symbols of her success in becoming thinner than a... STEVEN LEVENKRON Soon I'll be thinner than all of you, she swore to herself. And then I'll be the winner. The thinner... STEVEN LEVENKRON What people don't understand is that calling someone too skinny is the same as calling someone t... KENDALL JENNER I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with peopl... SHIRLEY MANSON You can never be too rich or too thin. WALLIS SIMPSON You can never be too rich or too thin. BABE PALEY Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because th... BEN OKRI Yoga is the most boring exercise. It's for people who are too lazy to get on the elliptical. Bik... NOUREEN DEWULF In Latin America, women are supposed to be voluptuous. They don't believe that you have to be sk... SOFIA VERGARA I love my body because it's what I've been given. Being too thin is just as unhealthy as bei... RICKI-LEE COULTER If I could play the ukulele like Zooey Deschanel, I would find my own personal M. Ward, and we would... ANNA KENDRICK Trading is relatively thin with the Christmas holidays and there are bits and pieces of news but not... GERT DE MESURE I'm always like 'I'm too skinny, I can't gain weight, even when I try.' I'd ... SHAILENE WOODLEY Judgment is judgment, whether you're obese, or too skinny, or not athletic enough. ANNA KOURNIKOVA We are being accused that some models are anorexic. But we as fashion designers cannot be blamed, be... ALBER ELBAZ Women are angry if other women think too little of their lovers, and furious if they think too much. MINNA ANTRIM When women get too skinny, like Teri Hatcher, it will show on your face and age you. I think women l... TERI HATCHER Know who you are, because that's how you will be cast at first. Then you can be Meryl Streep fur... BETH BEHRS You can never be too thin, too rich, or have too many books. CARTER BURDEN If I were overweight because I ate too much, I would have far more of a complex. I would know if I j... MICHAEL J. FOX I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when the... VANESSA MARCIL We do know reproductive and demographic factors do influence (breast cancer) risk. If you're thin --... JOSEPH MCLAUGHLIN With sushi, it is all about balance. Sometimes they cut the fish too thick, sometimes too thin. Ofte... NOBU MATSUHISA It's not okay to be fat - not because of the way you look, but because it's unhealthy. I hav... SONAM KAPOOR I'm not skinny for the wrong reasons. It's not because I'm bulimic or anorexic or doing ... LINDSAY LOHAN We are skinny; this is our work. There are lots of overweight people working in offices, but I'm... VALENTINA ZELYAEVA I just start with a pencil and paper. I don't want something too trendy, too fashion-forward. I ... JOHN MALKOVICH There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are. KIRSTIE ALLEY I don't like music docs, usually. There's nothing to really say. What can you say about musi... MALIK BENDJELLOUL I try not to live in the future too much; that can make you crazy as an actor. There are so many peo... ROMOLA GARAI Kessa ran her fingers over her stomach. Flat. But was it flat enough? Not quite. She still had some ... STEVEN LEVENKRON Historically, Hollywood comedy has arrived in skinny envelopes. From fence post Buster Keaton to her... JAMES WOLCOTT I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinio... ANGELINA JOLIE Thin people are beautiful, but fat people are adorable. JACKIE GLEASON After the baby, I got bigger, and I like it. I like me better now than when I was young and skinny. ... ANNA NETREBKO If you want someone who's big-boned and you like that, ain't nothing wrong with having a lit... MARTIN LAWRENCE By choosing healthy over skinny you are choosing self-love over self-judgment. You are beautiful! STEVE MARABOLI I like either skinny jeans or the ripped, casual, super-sloppy boyfriend jeans. A lot of ripped jean... ARIANA GRANDE Usually, there is not too much competition, but there are usually two or three animals that draw a l... MAXINE SHANE There are a lot of people who consider themselves 'spiritual,' but that can mean a lot of th... ZACHARY LEVI Just because you're not thin does not mean you're ugly. You are beautiful because of the lig... MARY LAMBERT I was always such a skinny kid, so I kind of grew up with an 'I hate skinny' mentality. DANIELA RUAH I never looked good in a bikini. My legs were too thin. JACLYN SMITH Meryl Streep is exactly as awesome as you would imagine Meryl Streep to be. MICHELLE OBAMA I like working with actresses, and I like women a lot, not for obvious reasons, but just in that tha... RYAN GOSLING They are already stretched too thin and we didn't want to be more of a burden. ANDY HUGHES The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too. BARACK OBAMA I was never anorexic, so I was never that skinny. I was never bony-bony. But I remember thinking, I ... KATE MOSS Really, I don't care if people think I'm too skinny. This is my body. If they don't like... ELLEN POMPEO A lot of women don't like when they're sort of fat, but a fat foot is as beautiful as a skin... CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN There are growing concerns that oil companies are making too much in profits at the expense of consu... PETE DOMENICI It is so inspiring when you come across a woman who is very strong and dedicated and is amazing at w... AGYNESS DEYN We're all weirdly single, middle-aged women with too much money who look to fill the void with t... JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL Acting is very personal. I don't want to be like anybody else. There are positions I would like ... CATHERINE MARY STEWART Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed! I ARE They were thin last year on the defensive line, and anytime you're thin at a position on the line of... BOB ELLIOTT I just feel like every kid is growing up too fast and they're seeing too much. Everything is abo... ELLEN DEGENERES Diane Keaton is good for women in and of herself. She's smart and funny and real. GLORIA STEINEM I was so skinny, they gave me the nickname stechetto - the stick. I was tall, thin, ugly and dark li... SOPHIA LOREN There are loads of actresses that modelled. They just weren't famous. There weren't a lot th... ANDIE MACDOWELL She ran her hands over her body as if to bid it good-bye. The hipbones rising from a shrunken stomac... STEVEN LEVENKRON I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more vol... JOYCE GIRAUD I juice a lot; I get as much protein as I can, because being a vegan, there isn't much protein. ... TRAVIS BARKER I mean, everyone walks into the gym on day one skinny or fat. Arnold Schwarzenegger walked into the ... JOE MANGANIELLO It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no? ADAM BRODY I care not that this moment’s lot was thin and sparsely dealt; all pleasures sweet can be forgot t... ROMAN PAYNE It's not about how skinny you are or how much money or how many diamonds you have - that's t... KIMORA LEE SIMMONS A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful,... STACY SCHIFF I can't go too much into my domestic life because there are ex-wives ready to do me in. FRANK MCCOURT I do get bottled up in interviews. You're thinking about what you're saying, and suddenly yo... MATT DILLON You are not too much. You have never been too much. You will never be too much. The very idea is pre... JEANETTE LEBLANC I used to have acne when I was a kid growing up. You can imagine how serious that was in making you ... MIKE WALLACE Dakota is as good as Meryl Streep. She's as good as Goldie Hawn. There are things about Goldie as an... KURT RUSSELL
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