SALEISHA wants you to be who you are
“My freshman year I went through a phase when I would think some girl was much prettier than me. Like, she’s skinnier, she’s taller, she has prettier eyes. I didn’t hate myself, but I didn’t feel that I was pretty. But at the end of the day, you can’t change who you are. You can’t go to sleep at night and wake up tomorrow perfectly beautiful. You just have to give what you got, and if [the world] doesn’t want it, then they can leave it. Seventeen
HILLARY SWANK
“I’m just a girl from a trailor park who had a dream.” 2005 Academy Awards acceptance speech
“There are things about my childhood that I regret, that my mom regrets, that my dad regrets, and I think that my brother regrets, which is that my parents were so troubled in their relationship that we were kind of neglected at times. The other side of my childhood so overshadows that, though, that it’s not something I tend to bring up. Ultimately, my parents did the best they could. A lot of people hold on to something not being the way they think it should’ve been, and they’re messed up because of it. And what’s sad about that is that life will be over for your parents one day, and you can be left with what you could have made of the relationship, but didn’t. My dad wasn’t in my life very much when I was growing up, but I decided that I didn’t want his life to be over and for me to say, “Oh, if I’d only grown up I could’ve had an adult relationship with him.” I’m so glad I have my dad in my life right now. Interview
“One of the first producers I worked with told me I had a horrible forehead and my lips were too big.” US Weekly
EMINEM on judging people:
“…you gotta learn to judge people for the individuals that they are.” Cosmo Girl
JULIANNE MOORE on imperfections:
“I think imperfections are important, just as mistakes are important. You only get to be good by making mistakes, and you only get to be real by being imperfect.” Glamour
CHER
“I’m the girl who everyone said was never going anywhere. I guess I shocked a few people, but deep down I don’t feel like I’m there yet either.
I’m still just going day to day. I’m just doing my thing.” Chicago Sun-Times
JAVIER BARDEM reveals what he finds attractive:
For me, the most attractive woman is the person who is at peace with herself. No matter how good that person looks, when I see somebody at peace, that is sexy to me. Parade
SALLY FIELD talks about her low-self-esteem:
“Many people must have looked at my life and thought I was quite fortunate. But I felt lousy about myself–and as you now know, I didn’t come from a place where I had a lot of self-confidence. In my late 50s I began to embrace myself in a way that I hadn’t been able to before. I find that I’m not as worried anymore about what other people think. That’s a comfortable place to be. And I’m starting to let go of the feeling that I need to push myself to do things. I don’t want to do–an impulse that has always been linked to the feeling that I’m not enough. If you’re busy thinking, Gosh, I’m not pretty or smart enough, your spirit is undernourished. The minute you tell yourself, I’m never going to feel those things again, you stop growing because you’re too busy armoring yourself.” O Magazine
VIRGINIA MADSEN
“Real sexiness comes from within. If you punish yourself for all of your flaws, you will never feel or seem sexy at all.
Love yourself and celebrate your body.” O Magazine
CINDY CRAWFORD
“…I am my true self in my marriage. I don’t have to act or pretend I like football. I’m secure enough that if Rande wants to go out and I don’t, I say ‘Go and have a good time.’ Before, I might have either wanted him to stay or else I would go just to keep an eye on him.” Lifetime Magazine
BRUCE WILLIS
When asked if he was dating anyone Bruce said, “No. I actually said these words aloud for the first time this year. I’m comfortable being alone. I’m comfortable being single. I may fall in love again, but-for those kids who are listening to Bruce Willis for love advice – any relationship that isn’t founded on friendship is just doomed.” People