"You look how you look," "Be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."
Jennifer LawrenceRead
Girls see enough of this body that we can't imitate, that we'll never be able to obtain, these unrealistic expectations...it's better to look strong and healthy...
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of embracing natural beauty over unrealistic standards.
Jennifer Lawrence highlights the detrimental impact of societal pressures on women's self-image, advocating for strength and health over unattainable beauty ideals. She suggests that instead of striving for an unrealistic body type that is often portrayed in media, one should focus on being strong and healthy, promoting a more positive and realistic standard of beauty.
In practice
This quote can be used in a discussion on body positivity during a women's empowerment seminar.
"You look how you look," "Be comfortable. What are you going to do? Be hungry every single day to make other people happy? That's just dumb."
We [need to] stop treating each other like that, stop calling each other fat and stop with these unrealistic expectations for women. Itβs disappointing that the media keeps it alive and fuels that fire.
I picked up an issue of 'Cosmopolitan' the other day that had tips for job interviews, because I was like, "I need to get better at interviews." The article was basically about how to get someone not to hate you in 20 minutes. Every single thing they told you not to do, I was like, "I do that every day."
I'm never going to starve myself for a part. I don't want little girls to be like, 'Oh, I want to look like Katniss, so I'm going to skip dinner.' That's something I was really conscious of during training, when you're trying to get your body to look exactly right. I was trying to get my body to look fit and strong-not thin and underfed.
As hard as it is and as tired as I am, I force myself to get dinner at least once a week with my girlfriends, or have a sleepover. Otherwise my life is just work.
This is hilarious. First, people say how so many actresses in Hollywood look anorexic, and now they are criticizing me for looking normal. Body images are too often adopted by young girls and women - thanks to what they are constantly being shown as being attractive.
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It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.
I truly, truly believe that beauty is something that comes from within.
I never quite understand the way society decides who is beautiful and who is not. But an open face and a capacity for kindness always feel like reliable signifiers to me.
When I was young and beautiful, I never appeared on the cover of a magazine.
I'm proud of my wrinkles. They give my face character. As an actress, you mess with that at your peril.
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