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We've all felt ugly...even celebrities. Here are some great quotes from celebrities that you will love. If you see quotes or stories that you think we should post on our site, please email them to us at HeyUGLY411@yahoo.com Americ Ferrera,voted 2007 U G L Y celebrity of the year. This most prestigious honor was bestowed upon America Ferrera for her  portrayal of Ugly Betty on the show of the same name. America is not only turning out to be a great role model, teens actually tune in and are inspired by her. Additionally, she is a human complete with experiences that move her forward in life and career as well. She can freely let her hair down and that makes her real and an individual teens can relate to. In fact, someone we can all relate to. NOMINATIONS FOR THE 2008 U G L Y CELEBRITY OF THE YEAR ARE UNDERWAY. IF YOU ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 19 EMAIL YOUR NOMINATION TO US AT HeyUGLY411@yahoo.com. PLEASE LIST YOUR REASON FOR BELIEVING THAT THE CELEBRITY OR SPORTS FIGURE YOU ARE NOMINATING DESERVES THIS AWARD. NOMINATIONS ARE DUE NOVEMBER 3OTH.
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	RYAN CABRERA- "Before, I was just a dork, but now I'm a dork with a guitar. For some reason, people like that a lot more!" Source: Twist/Apr 2006
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	ALEXIS BLEDEL- "When I was modeling as a teenager...I just ignored it when people said to lose two inches off my hips. I had more jobs than I could take. So why would I even want more?" Source: Oct 24, '05 US Weekly

AMERICA FERRERA- "It's so reassuring to have a woman heroin who triumphs with more than just what she has on the outside ... who has more to offer the world than just a pretty picture. To me, the tragedy about this whole image-obsessed society is that young girls get so caught up in just achieving that they forget to realize that they have so much more to offer the world." Source: Oprah Sept 25, '06 show on ABC's Ugly Betty
 

When TOM CRUISE was a teen he says, "I had no really close friend, someone who understands you. I was always the new kid with the wrong shoes, the wrong accent. I didn't have the friend to share things with and confide in." Tom was in 15 different schools in 12 years. Like many kids today, he had a reading disability so instead of putting him in with the "normal" kids they put him in remedial classes. A lot of our readers can understand that and how that makes you feel. Tom said he felt excluded and being small he was bullied a lot. "So many times the big bully comes up, pushes me. Your heart's pounding, you sweat, and you feel like you're going to vomit. I'm not the biggest guy, I never liked hitting someone, but I know if I don't hit that guy hard he's going to pick on me all year. I go, 'You better fight.' I just laid it down. I don't like bullies."

What's Tom's advice? "People can create their own lives. I saw how my mother created hers and so made it possible for us to survive. My mother was the one who rose to the occasion. She held three jobs. She said, 'We're going to get through this.'

On happiness Tom says, "Let me tell you what happiness is ... it's being able to confront and overcome problems. It's not running away but trying to see life in its full glory." Source: April 9, 2006 PARADE Magazine

MARY J. BLIGE- "Society paints this picture where you have to have the longest hair and the thinnest body and you can't help but want to be that beautiful person you see on that picture. But then you have to start asking yourself the question - is that realistic for you? I began to ask myself those questions: Who am I working out for? Who am I looking good for? When I look in the mirror who do I want to please? Do I want to please people or do I want to please Mary first? So I began to want to please myself first. I can't please everybody. I can't  be the slimmest girl. Be the best you that you can be. I was drawing negative people around me with my negative thoughts. You gotta change the way you think about yourself or else everyone's going to think whatever you're thinking about yourself. " Source: Tyra Banks Show

CHRIS EVANS- When asked 'what in a woman makes you melt' - "I'm a sucker for modesty. When you find someone who is beautiful, talented,  intelligent, and compassionate and who can still look at herself in the mirror and have no idea that she's wonderful, that's just so attractive to me. I really have no tolerance for immaturity. If you're angry, approach me calmly and I will meet that in the middle and reciprocate. I have no time for games." Source: Cosmopolitan Feb 07

EMMA ROBERTS- "You can't make somebody like you. But if you like him, you should talk to him and just be yourself. If he likes you, great. If not, there is someone out there who will like you just as much as you like them!"
Source: Twist Mag

CHLOE SEVIGNY- "I used to be more suspicious, paranoid. I worried that I wasn't smart enough or pretty enough or talented enough. Everywhere I went, I'd wonder, What are people thinking about me? What are they saying? I couldn't go to a Friday night movie for fear people would heckle me! But after 30, you jut stop worrying so much. You start caring about things that are more important." 
Source: Elle Jan 07

TOM EVERETT SCOTT- "I like a smart women with a sense of humor who say what they mean." Source: Cosmopolitan Feb 07

CHRISTY CARLSON ROMANO - "Girls need the confidence to know that they are whole, and that they can do anything just the way that they are."  Source: Relate Magazine

ALICIA KEYS- Here's what Alicia said about her struggles with acne: "It felt crazy. When you're in high school, somebody might say something [about acne] and hurt your feelings. Well, imagine the entire world looking at you, constantly scrutinizing your face. I felt really hurt. I knew that you shouldn't base your [self-esteem] on your physical appearance, so I tried to convince myself that I shouldn't worry about it, but inside I felt like everyone was attacking me. It wasn't easy at all, but I finally realized that I'm beautiful on the inside regardless of a couple bumps here and there. Who Cares?" Source: TeenPeople Nov '05

 ".....I have big everything on the bottom but I love my legs. You've got to love what's yours." Source: Allure Oct '05 re: society prizing thin legs

ADAM BRODY- in the May '05 issue of Teen People said when asked about what his biggest flaw was said, "The biggest one is that I don't think I'm ever quite enough"

"I've been turned down by girls I've approached more times than I care to admit." Source: Cosmopolitan July 05

JADA PINKETT-SMITH- "Just be confident in what you know for yourself.  Because you will have pressures from all different types of people who will try to tell you that they know what's better for you. And we all know, deep down inside, that inner voice ...  those dreams that we have that people are constantly telling us that we can't achieve ... we know what we can." Source: Tyra Banks Show

PAUL WALKER-  "I like people who are positive. Not in a naive way. It's got to be cemented in reality and you've got to know what's going on. But to choose to take it and spin it and flip it and to remain positive and have a good outlook on things. I think that's really attractive. Spontaneity, too, is really attractive. Responsibility is good, but you've still got to be willing to drop and go." Source: Cosmogirl Oct '05

LUDACRIS -  "The perfect girl is one who is, of course, beautiful on the inside and out. She's extremely confident, focused, and knows what she wants out of life. She really just has to be comfortable in her own skin." Source: Cosmopolitan Feb 07

AMANDA BYNES- "Way too many girls think they aren't good enough, and they end up losing their virginity to gross guys. Know how good you are. Be more sure of yourself. I think a lot of girls don't realize until they're older, like, 'Wow, I wasn't that bad.'" Source:  Cosmogirl Oct '05

JASON MRAZ-  "Don't attempt to be someone you're not. By the time everyone's done trying to be cool, you're left with two people who aren't really compatible in the first place. It's the nerds who are gonna grow up to be in the really successful, small bands and to run their own companies. Because nerds don't get as much attention from girls when they're younger, they respect it more." Source: ElleGirl Oct '05

JUSTIN CHAMBERS -  "I like confident women who are secure with who they are. You don't want someone who needs to live through you. A lot of people put too much into the other person, and they lose their identity. It's important to be in a relationship that's 50/50." Source: Cosmopolitan Feb 07

LINDSAY LOHAN-  Lindsay's advice to teenage girls who have been through real life Mean Girls situations ... "Just ignore it or be really nice [when they're mean to you], because if you're mean, it's just going to make things more difficult-people will feed off that. The more mature you are about the situation and the more you let it go, the easier it is to just be happy with yourself. Just exude confidence and surround yourself with people who aren't going to be like that. [Even] if there are negative people, you don't want negative energy around you. Life's too short." Source: Teen People Aug '05

SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT- "I tend to go for women with common sense. Being down-to-earth stands out more than physical looks." Source:  Cosmopolitan August '05

MISTI TRAYA- "I have seriously unruly curls. To make matters worse, I was born in Hawaii, where humidity is not a curly-headed person's friend. Now I've learned how to manage my curls or blow them straight. These days, I think I have the best hair in the world because I've learned how versatile it can be."

ZOOEY DESCHANEL- "I think every year I become happier because I become more comfident and more comfortable in my own skin." Source: Cosmopolitan June '05

JESSE METCALFE,  "I like a girl who is confident, intelligent, likes to have fun, is open to experiencing new things and is into music." Source: US Weekly Nov 29, '04

KEIRA KNIGHTLEY- "I think I always disappoint people, because they always expect someone very pretty. Very done. There's so much pressure to be thin, blonde and busty. I'm skinny, but even I couldn't fit into some of the clothese there (in L.A.)!" In a funny kind of way, I think you create it yourself. I think it's much better to go with the flow and embrace your body, whatever shape it is, and just be happy."

When asked what's her type-charming Keira said: 'What I look for in a guy is that, if he can make me laugh, it doesn't matter what he looks like. Humor and talent are such attractive qualities." Source: TWIST Dec '04

KELLY CLARKSON- when asked if she ever had low self-esteem Kelly said, ".....In junior high, I had glasses and braces, my face was broken out and I was chubby. Everything was bad! I begged my mom for contacts. We didn't have much money, but she finally set me up to get some. It's little things like contacts that help people feel more comfortable inside and out. I finally didn't have to worry about glares on stage or about my glasses slipping when I played sports." The reporter asked Kelly if there was anything else that helped her feel more comfortable in her own skin. She said, ".....I was always involved and always doing stuff. I did sports, drama, choir and I was also in senior council. Exercise and staying active always makes me feel great." They also asked her if her self-esteem suffered when she watched herself on TV during American Idol. She said, "I'm petite but I was the biggest girl on my season-everyone else weighed 100 pounds. Reporters would ask,'So what's it like being a big girl?' and I thought, 'Big? What?" It was like, 'Wait, what am I doing wrong?' Luckily, I had a great mom and dad who helped me grow up feeling comfortable in my own skin. I have a curvy figure, which guys like. And performing isn't about looking the best or being the most beautiful. I do it because I love it. Look, nobody else has my butt. Nobody has my eyes. Nobody has my nose. It's all mine. And that's what makes me different from everyone." Source: TWIST Sept '04

JESSE McCARTNEY- "When I got to high school, I was very thrown by the change and I did a lot of things to fit in. You know, partying and driving fast to impress people. It was all fun and games until the night my friend was in a car accident. He was partying just like us and riding in fast cars just like us. But he was killed. Suddenly I saw everything differently. I realized I was doing things I didn't want to do to please other people. I said to myself, 'This is not right. I don't need to please anybody. I need to make sure what I'm doing is right in my eyes and in God's eyes.' After that, I totally did not care what anyone thought of me. And guess what? I started making lots more friends than when I was doing the wrong things to be popular and cool. For the first time in my life, I had lots of real friends just by being myself."

MARIAH CAREY- "It's embarrassing to say, 'I felt really ugly in school today. My hair was in knots.' You grow up looking at Sixteen Candles and wanting to be the popular girl. You look at the other kids and think, 'Where do I fit?' I felt like an outcast. The fear, the sense of inadequacy, the feeling of not being fully accepted-I felt all of that." Source: Parade Magazine

HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN- "I like a girl who doesn't put style before comfort. I like natural, unmade-up look - a girl who is comfortable not only in her clothes but in her own skin." Source: In Style June

KIRSTEN DUNST- "I have hips, I have boobs, I have a butt. It's good to be thoughtful of what goes in your mouth. I love desserts-I don't have them every day. I work out when it feels good-not so I can look like a stick. When people try so hard to be skinny, it's not pretty to me. Being comfortable with yourself is the sexiest thing."

RYAN REYNOLDS-  "I was one of those kids where all I wanted to do was gain weight--I was such a noodle. And I was extremely self-conscious about that. .....in school, all I wanted to do was disappear, and on film, all I wanted to do was be seen. So I remember I used to buy clothes for school that would be the least distinctive and allow me to disappear." Source: Jane Oct '05

BRITTANY MURPHY, in the September issue of Seventeen, Brittany Murphy said about Eminem's song, 'Lose Yourself,' ... "See, this song is a really important song. He says you can do anything you want to do in this life. And it's true. You can. You can make any one of your dreams come true. I have all the faith in the world in myself!" She also said ..."Being picked on for being too skinny is as detrimental to self-esteem as being picked on for being overweight. I think the most important thing is whatever you've got, be proud of it. As long as you're healthy, no matter what size you are, there's a way to be happy with who you are." Source: Seventeen Sept
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"I grew up in an extraordinarily hardworking family, and I was always taught to believe that poor is a state of mind. Is life easier when you have more money? Yes. Does it make you happier? No. Can it take away unhealthiness? No. Happiness comes from within." Source: Jane Apr '05

ASHTON KUTCHER- ".....Modeling is a performance. Your job is to make the clothes look good. You have to go out there with a confidence that you may not have. So it is a kind of acting. I'm not naturally one of those guys who's like, Look at me, I'm sexy! I never had a girlfriend until my senior year of high school." Source: In Style June '04
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 ".....The only thing I really fear is failure, and I'm trying to get over that now too. Humiliation is not really a big thing on my fear list. I've been humiliated before, I've been embarrassed before -- I'm not afraid of that. The last thing I'm worried about is looking cool. I'm such a spaz anyway, looking cools is not really on my daily worries list. I'm not worried about being fooled or looking like I don't have it all together -- because I admit that I don't, and I admit that I'm not cool." When asked what it takes to find a soul mate, Ashton said, ".....The key is to find what you want in a partner and go after it. It's not about pleasing. I think when you find the right thing, in many ways, what you want out of them will be what they want to give you. Just figure out what you want, and then that person will arrive. Look inside and go, 'What do I need from a partner in life? I want somebody who makes me laugh, I want somebody who takes care of me when I'm sick. In real life, figure out what it is that you want to give to somebody else -- and then find that person." Source: CosmoGirl Feb ' 04
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"I'm still in my awkward phase! My voice has been creaky since I was 13, and I still can't get it to stop. During my freshman year in high school, I weighted, like 103 pounds. I was the little kid in school. Then there was a period where I grew, like, six inches and put on 50 pounds in one year. I was growing so fast that I couldn't afford new pants. I was wearing unintentional high waters. And when I was a kid, my teeth were too big for my face. I think everybody feels awkward."

When the reporter mentioned that he was always getting into trouble he said, "I was really, really good for a long time, but I had a lot of stuff inside of me. Growing up, there were just a lot of dark things that I was angry about that I didn't think I could talk to anyone about. That stuff started to build up inside of me. And when you hold it in, that's when you start to get into trouble. Source: TeenPeople Apr '05

KIRSTEN DUNST- "I have hips, I have boobs, I have a butt. It's good to be thoughtful of what goes in your mouth. I love desserts-I don't have them every day. I work out when it feels good-not so I can look like a stick. When people try so hard to be skinny, it's not pretty to me. Being comfortable with yourself is the sexiest thing."

SETH GREEN- "I'm five feet four inches now and as you can guess, I've always been short. Shorter than most of the boys in my class and shorter even than some of the girls. That became glaringly apparent early on, because I was also a year accelerated, in with kids a year older than I. So not only was I the smallest, I was also the youngest. To the other kids, I also had a funny name. They'd call me Death instead of Seth. It didn't help that I didn't play athletics at school." Source: Got Issues Much?

JESSICA SIMPSON- "I didn't start feeling comfortable in my own skin until I was 20. I just had so much build up and so many clogged pores. As a celebrity, fans expect to see something perfect in person, and when they come face-to-face with you - without airbrushing - and you have acne problems, it's embarrassing. If you're a bit overweight you can wear a baggy sweatshirt and feel better about yourself, but skin is a huge part of your self-esteem. It's something you can't hide. Natural beauty is really happiness with who you are. If you like who you are on the inside, that'll come through on the outside." Source:  TWIST Aug '05
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"You're never going to look perfect to yourself even if you might look perfect to somebody else. The thing I've had to learn the most is to accept compliments and steer away from all the negativity. I mean there were [magazine] covers of me saying that I was anorexic! That my ribs were sticking out! Yeah, my ribs are sticking out. My ribs stuck out before. I have a huge rib cage, which is why I can hold a note until I'm blue in the face...because I have such a huge lung capacity. I've learned that it's okay to have big dreams and not be embarrassed and apologize for it. Everyone should go after their passions. And be positive towards others' dreams as well as their own. A lot of people can feel shy about what they really want to do, and it did take a while for me to say, 'You know what? I do want to do this." Source: Cosmopolitan Jun '05

NICK LACHEY-"We're really self-conscious about our flaws. My nose is big...it looks like a potato. And I used to have bad skin. I still don't have great skin, but I used to break out a lot." Source: Cosmopolitan Dec 04

"I like girls who are comfortable with themselves and normal." Source: Cosmopolitan Dec 07

JENNIFER ANISTON- "I don't feel beautiful all the time. The majority of the time, I don't." Source: Glamour May '05

VINCE VAUGHN-  "In high School, I was painfully shy around girls, especially if I didn't know a girl -- there was no way I was going up to her, even though I was just awkward. But moving out here, and not being in college, I had no choice. When you're in school, you can play the I'm-not-that-interested guy because you're going to see them the whole year. But out here you only get one moment in time -- and you've got to use it." Source: Seventeen July '04

REESE WITHERSPOON- "I have cellulite. I have stretch marks. I feel intimidated by Victoria's Secret. Hollywood is one of those endless competitions, but it's like running a race toward nothing. There's no winning. You're never going to win the pretty race. I just want to be the best version of myself that I can be." Source:TWIST Dec '04

CLAY AIKEN- "Around 10th grade, I think I just decided I was going to be myself. I still wasn't the coolest person in school, but I was happier with myself and I had confidence and I started to become more popular. By 12th grade I was set. I still looked kind of dorky, but I was totally in. People feel comfortable around someone who is comfortable with himself." Source: Teen People

EVA MENDES- "I have the hugest ... overbite. It's so big, my older brothers and sisters used to call me Bugs. I looked like a bottle opener. But I've never fixed my bite because it's one of the things that makes me me. I used to get teased about the mole on my left cheek. In junior high the other kids would say, 'You've got some chocolate on your face,' and I fell for it every time. I said, 'The minute I turn 18 I'm going to get that mole removed!' But I'm happy I didn't. My best feature is my big hips. I've got some nice childbearing hips, and I feel very proud of them. When I was younger I thought they were too big. I wanted to be slimmer. But now I totally embrace them." Source: People May 9

"I've learned to love my body whether I'm 7 pounds heavier or 7 pounds lighter. I'm accepting of my body and have a good relationship with it." Cosmopolitan Feb 07

MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, in the Sept '05 issue of In Style, Matthew said, "I love a woman who's comfortable in her skin." Source: In Style Sept '05

KELLY ROWLAND- "If you don't respect yourself the way you should - if you don't realize your own value and worth - then somebody else will see that and take advantage of it."

TOPHER GRACE- "In high school I was skinny, but really short too -- I like to think that girls wanted to like me, but couldn't because of that.
Every teenager should find something that scares them [and do it]. If you're into sports, try out for a play; if you're into pottery, try out for football. If I'd been scared to try out for '70s, I wouldn't have made all these great friends and had such a great time and learned about this whole other side of myself." Source: Cosmo Girl Nov '04

MINNIE DRIVER-"I was an ugly cow when I was Younger." Source:  In Touch Feb 28, '05

MARK RUFFALO-When I was in high schoo, I had cystic acne and was a little overweight. People made fun of my last name all the time: Buffalo Breath, Buffalo Fart, Buffalo Lips. It was an ongoing buffalo joke."

KATE WINSLET-"When I was a teenager, I was very overweight. I was 190 pounds when I was sixteen. And as an actress I wanted to play Alice in Alice in Wonderland ... And, so, over the coure of a year, I very, very sensibly lost the majority of the weight. I changed the way I thought about food and my body." Source: Vogue Jul '05
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In the March 7 issue of US Weekly, Kate said classmates called her Blubber. She has said she was "mentally bullied. ".....I would just sit there and think, 'Let this make you stronger.'

MATT DAMON-  "It's just better to be yourself than to try to be some version of what you think the other person wants." Source:  Cosmo Men Nov '04

DREW BARRYMORE-"I think happiness is a choice. I believe luck is your attitude. It sounds like a really annoying bumper sticker. But there is such a great truth in that. You choose how you want to feel about what happens to you. I could have been a miserable failure. I haven't had anybody looking over me, and I've found my own way through optimistic exploration and fire-burning mistakes. I am a very happy person with an extraordinary life, so I must be doing a lot of things right. I really believe when you peel away the layers, the worlds is a beautiful place filled with beautiful people." Source: Elle January
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In an article in the February 23 issue of People magazine when asked about her life after the house fire and the demise of her marriage to Tom Green, Drew said, ".....All of a sudden I was free to be exactly who I wanted to be rather than who I thought I had to be for anyone else or anything else."  Did you know that Drew was called "Fatso" by the boys when she was in school? Yes she was. When asked about her wild days of drinking she said, ".....I'd been suffocating myself with trying to be such a good person that I realized I was making myself miserable." ".....I can feel beautiful on the inside-and I can tell that shows on the outside. It's amazing to me."
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"Maybe it's different for every person, but my personal downfall in a relationship is losing a sense of myself, getting too involved in their world and their opinions and their lifestyle. I always have to struggle to be my own person, whether it's as stupid as what I like to eat for breakfast or as big as how to conduct myself as an individual. What's saving me in this relationship is the fact that I feel like I'm remaining my own person." She also said, ".....If we could just admit our faults, at least we could be human. I think what became more important to me was not how other people saw me but how I saw myself. I do run a company. I am consistent at work. My bosses think that I will show up on time, and I'm reliable to them. I can respect myself. That ended up becoming the important journey for me.  And, of course, I'll always be a bit of a ridiculous clown, 'cause I just can't help it." Source:  Glamour Mar '04
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 "I think that it is so important to believe in yourself and believe in your empowerment and not wait for someone to rescue you and do it for you. That you can go out there and create it all for yourself." Source: In The Actor's Studio
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"During my teen years ... I was awkward; I had braces; I was overweight. I was always teased. It's so funny because it's always those kids who get beaten up in school who end up triumphing. It's almost like you need that to build character-even though it's painful to go through it." Source:TeenPeople May '05

CHRISTINA RICCI, in Movieline magazine said, "I got ugly. Throughout my childhood, my favorite [rejection] was: She looks too healthy. They wanted that really gaunt, runaway girl kind of look. I was, like, Mom, I thought you could never be too healthy. She (Christina's mom) said, "Ignore them.""

In Interview magazine Christina said, ãI was really fat for a year. I was ugly. People would come up to me in the street and say, "Weren't you Wednesday in The Addams Family? God, you've gotten so fat.â I felt I was a separate person from the person they were talking about, and I'd want to take them aside and scold them: You can't talk to me like that.â Being overweight made it so hard for me to get films. I didn't work for a year because of it, and it was devastating.

In the April '05 issue of Elle Girl, Christina said, "As a teenager, I didn't like to look in mirrors. I'd put collages and stuff over them; left the lights off in the bathroom. Those are the years when I feel like you hate yourself or love yourself.

CAMERON DIAZ, when I was growing up, I hated my body, I was extremely, extremely skinny as a child ö for years I was seventy-nine pounds, and much taller than everyone else. When I was in junior high, people thought I was sick. They used to call me Skeletor, or Skinny Bones Jones and all those other horrible names"

JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, in the April 2004 issue of Twist magazine in an item about Justin Timberlake's Ideal Girl Checklist, Justin said, ".....Confidence is sexy to me. She must have confidence. It always attracts me. I like girls who are comfortable with themselves and have a good sense of humor. Pretty is cool, but it's not really about looks for me, it's more about personality. I like when a woman takes charge and does not just agree with everything I like -- that's boring. If a girl has self-esteem and confidence, it definitely shows. That's the most attractive thing in the world."

HALLE BERRY, was voted one of the world's sexiest women after her role in Bond film Die Another Day. But the Oscar-winning actress says she still doesn't see herself as a big star. "To be totally honest, most of the time I think I'm ugly," she told German magazine Journal fur die Frau. "I see myself without make-up every morning and that's why I don't have illusions any more. I certainly don't feel like a big star."

LEONARDO DICAPRIO, in the December 12, ''04 issue of Parade magazine, Leonard said, ".....We all have horrible fears and insecurities that we need to overcome. Mine came from never feeling accepted by any group, never being received."

".....In school I was about a foot shorter than anyone else, always jumping up and getting laughs-a little smart-a_ _ with a big mouth. School was like this wild safari where I could make a name for myself, but it never really worked. They just basically looked at you as the class clown and dismissed you. I never belonged."

GISELE BUNCHEN, in the April 25 issue of US Weekly, said, "When I was a child, everyone laughed at me in school, but I think it's pretty normal because children are pretty honest. They called me Olive Oyl."

ANGELINA JOLIE, in Teen People magazine said, "I've often felt unattractive or different looking. As I've grown up, I've felt more comfortable in my own skin. It may sound cliche, but when you feel beautiful and strong on the inside, it shows on the outside."

BRAD PITT, in a recent issue of Teen People a reporter asked Brad Pitt the following question ... When you were in high school, how did a girl catch your attention? Brad Pitt responded: It's a misconception that a girl has to do something to catch a guy's attention. It just happens. There are no tricks. In fact, when you have to get tricky, it's not worth it. You know what makes a guy take notice? If you don't let him disrespect you. If some guy makes a stupid remark and a girl doesn't let it get to her because she knows who she is - then she's won.
The reporter then asked Brad ...What advice would you give teens about resisting peer pressure? He replied: I'm probably the wrong person to ask. I believe in exploration-but smart exploration, not dangerous. If you're feeling pressured to try certain things that don't feel right to you, go with your gut instincts. It'll never steer you wrong."

NELLY, in the August '04 issue of TWIST, Nelly says a girl has to be confident to win him over. ".....Self-conscious people tend to throw things off because when you're around them, you become uncomfortable, too. You become scared of saying something that might affect their vibe. If someone can laugh at themselves, you know you're going to be able to get along with them."

In the May '05 issue of Cosmogirl, Nelly said, "I think the real role models to teens shouldn't necessarily be athletes or entertainers or artists. They should be people in your community, people who you can talk to when you have a problem. People you can see on a daily basis and watch how they carry themselves. Because if you look up to entertainers or athletes, all you're seeing is their success. when I was in school, I couldn't call Michael Jordan and be like, 'Yo, Mike, I'm thinking of not going to school today because I didn't study-what do you think? Kids can't call Nelly and be like, 'Yo, what should I do?"

NEVE CAMPBELL, in Sassy magazine said · "The boys wrote a song about all the girls in the (ballet) class, ranking them from prettiest to ugliest." The last verse, "Neve-aagh!" was reserved for her. "It was about how ugly I was," she said.

LIV TYLER, in the February 2004 issue of Glamour said, ".....I've been told if I lose weight, I'd have more work, but I refuse to submit [to that]. To the rest of the world I'm slim, and I like the way I am.

BRANDYin People magazine Brandy said the teachers were not sending her on auditions "Because you're not drop-dead gorgeous." My heart just dropped." In US Magazine she said, "In elementary [school] girls teased me because I was so skinny and I wasnât that pretty. They pulled my hair and tried to jump me after school. In junior high, people hated me; they thought I was trying to show off. I used to try to buy friendships with my lunch money. It was awful for me."

TAYE DIGGES, in the April '05 issue of Jane, said, "There was an incident where I was playing softball in gym class, and I went up to bat and the pitcher was a more popular kid in school. As he was pitching, he screamed out to the rest of the players on the field, "Nerd!" three times in a row, as loud as he could."

SANDRA BULLOCK, in the March '05 issue of Vogue, Sandra admits to having had a rough time growing up. "I hated my whole childhood, hated it, hated it, hated it. There was no place for me. I was not accepted here. I was noticeably different. I was awkward. I was in the wrong clothes. I would get the sh_t kicked out of me constantly. My mother would be like, 'That's ridiculous. Why would anyone do that?' I'm coming home with my hair a mess, crying. Finally a guidance counselor came to my housse and said, 'We have a problem. They are picking on her, and I don't know what to do about it.' And I was so angry at my mother. She was like, 'Obvisouly something you are doing.' ... I'm so thankful for it now because it definintely gives you the empathetic view of humanity."

In the April '05 issue of Teen People when asked about the best high school moment  Sandra said, "Realizing that conforming didn't accomplish anything. I was so preppy-everything was monogrammed and everything had to match. It was such a stress. Being popular was so much work! Do your own thing. As long as you learn that, you're
cool."

DEBRA MESSING- "I was not asked at all. I didn't go to my senior prom. I often danced by myself on the side."

Growing up I was a string bean-skinny and tall-and I felt self-conscious about that. I worried about how skinny I was, the fact that I had no chest, my frizzy hair. When I started to work in television, makeup artists would point out flaws I'd never even noticed before, and it made me feel even more insecure.

MELISA ETHERIDGE, when asked what she is glad she let go of in the Oct 14, '05 issue of LIFE, Melissa said,  "Fear. And the sense that I am not good enough-not good enough for my partner, my career, my kids. Before, I needed to make everybody else feel good, so nobody would look at me. I'd take on everybody's problems and make their life happy, so they didn't see I wasn't good enough. Now I can go to a photo shoot with 70 zillion people, and I don't have to make them think I'm the greatest. I can just be myself and trust that I'm okay."

TINA FEY- "I was a mean girl. I had a gift for coming up with the meanest possible thing to say in any situation. Well, at my high school -- a huge public school in a suburb of Philadelphia -- there were a few girls who were kind of "famous." Everyone knew who they were dating and what parties they went to. They weren't the prettiest girls or the ones with money. They were just randomly anointed. I was an honor student, and I was in a ton of activities -- the newspaper, drama club, the tennis team ... My friends and I didn't really date or go to cool parties, so we made jokes about those who did. To be honest, we felt kind of rejected, and when you don't feel confident about yourself, you may look for flaws in somebody else to make you feel better. Looking back, I can see the mean-girl thing for what it is: a waste of energy. But that's not much comfort if you're the target. The hardest thing is to free yourself from caring what someone says about you. But it brings big freedom if you do it."

BEN STILLER- "I was pretty insecure [around girls] because I had bad skin. Not really bad skin, but I had pimples. It affected my sense of who I was. It's such a silly thing when you look back, but at the time, it drove me crazy. .....[High School] can be brutal because of the cliques and the way kids treat each other. But stick it out -- it gets better. Things that seem like they mean the world at the moment, you'll look back on and realize weren't that important. It sounds like an after -- school special, but it's true."

At the 2007 Kids Choice Awards Ben said, "When I was a kid I wanted to be a lot of people.  I  wanted to be an astronaut, I wanted to be an archiologist, I wanted to be Spider Man, I wanted to be Batman. I wanted to be Cole Sprouse - which is weired cuz he wasn't even born yet. But, at the end of the day, the most important person you should want to be is yourself cuz there's only one you and if you believe in yourself, you can do anything that you want to do. Anything is possible, just go for it."

PAULA ABDUL- "I was like any other teenage girl who wanted to be someone I'm not, and that was defined by what boys liked and what images of beauty the media perpetrated. Plus, when I was 7 years old, my ballet teacher said that I didn't have a dancer's body. That rang in my head as "I'm not normal; my body is wrong." It affected me in profound ways. I'm a strong girl, but I've always been a believer that when I can't manage, I surrender. I get myself to a place where someone can help me. I'm prouder of overcoming bulimia than of anything else I've done ö- more than having a number one record or selling out a concert. Celebrate yourself, embrace your struggle, and don't walk with shame, because nothing is as bad as you probably think it is. When I got through bulimia, I stopped living as a prisoner. Let your body fall into its natural state. Every minute you stay enthralled with a diet or get caught up in how you think you should look, you lose, because you're not enjoying life."

QUEEN LATIFAH, in the March 6, 2005 issue of Parade magazine when asked about high school, Queen Latifah said, "It was a very vulnerable time going from being insecure about my body and who I am to becoming comfortable with me. I had to tune out what the hell everybody else had to say about who I was. When I was able to do that, I felt free."

In the March issue of In Style, Queen says, "I wish every woman would lover themselves and embrace what they were given naturally. I've been fortunte to have the career I want without changing what I look like. If [producers] ever demanded I lose so much weight that I'm not even a remnant of who I am, then hell no, I'm not going to do that. Besides, there'd be a lot of girls out there who wouldn't be inspired had I not been that girl with a little more weight who carried herself with that self-confidence.

HARVEY KEITEL- "I won't let anyone tell my son not to cry. I don't want anything to interfere with his expressing what he's feeling. As a kid I was told to shush, and as a result it's taken me a lifetime to be able to speak. I had to hide it - you hammer it down until you can't think anymore, you can't speak anymore, and your inner world is in retreat. You can't function, and you stutter, which I did as a boy. You will stutter not only vocally, but inwardly. You will hesitate, you will fumble, you will futz, and you will deny the truth because the truth is too difficult to handle. It's hard to select which situations to run away from once you become a runner, so you hide from everything."

MADONNA, in the January issue of "O" Magazine, Madonna is quoted as saying, "Oh sure, I've got lots of fears. My job is to conquer my fears. The irony of being a performer is that I have huge insecurities. People are shocked to hear that I think my legs are fat or I don't like the way I look. We all have insecurities. We'd be lying if we said we didn't. I'm so not the Material Girl now. There were many years when I thought fame, fortune, and public approval would bring me happiness. But one day you wake up and realize they don't. Each of us is responsible for everything that happens in our lives. When good things happen -- we win an award, meet the love of our lives, or get a promotion - we take ownership of that. But when bad things happen-we get fired or we divorce-we often don't take responsibility. We call it something that just happened. I no understand that just as we can draw the positive, we can draw the negative." When asked what she knew for sure, Madonna said, "That there are no mistakes or accidents. That consciousness is everything and that all things begin with a thought. That we are responsible for our own fate, we reap what we sow, we get what we give, we pull in what we put out."

UMA THURMAN- "One of the things that struck me at fashion shows is how great these incredibly thin women look in photographs but how in real life it's too thin. They would be more attractive if they were a little heavier. And I actually don't think this desire to be rail thin is as pandemic aesthetically as the fashion world presents it to be. I don't think men prefer women to look like that."

ENRIQUE IGLESIASsaid his girlfriend snagged him because, "...I'm not keen on girls who are too snobby or arrogant-that's a real turnoff for me. I really like girls who are natural and down to earth." Source: TWIST magazine Aug '04

HILLARY SWANK, at the 2005 Academy Awards in her acceptance speech said, "I'm just a girl from a trailor park who had a dream." In the March 2005 issue of Interview she said, "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.

In the July 18, '05 edition of US Weekly, Hillary said, "One of the first producers I worked with told me I had a horrible forehead and my lips were too big."

EMINEM, in the March 05 issue of Cosmo Girl said, "...you gotta learn to judge people for the individuals that they are."

JULIANNA MOORE, in the May '05 issue of Glamour said, "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.".

CHER, in the Chicago Sun-Times Cher is quoted as saying, "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."

TYRA BANKS, in GQ magazine said, "The modeling industry goes in and out of different styles and body types that are supposed to be hot at that moment. And right now, it's not so much the heroin-chic, because the models are looking a little bit healthier to me--and when I say healthy, I don't even mean body type, I mean just facial pigment and stuff like that. They have blush on their cheeks now again and they look a little healthier. But still such a stick, skinny ideal--which would have worked for me when I was 11 years old because I was 98 pounds and my same height and now I'm 130. So I was really, really thin and insecure. It would have worked well for me to look at that in a magazine and see that that was called beautiful. But the majority of little girls aren't that way. The majority of them are struggling with their weight and are the opposite way. So I just think it's important to show different body types and say that they are all beautiful which is not really what they do. When

I lost all this weight--I went to an all-black private elementary school--and all the kids used to call me all kinds of horrible names. Then when I went to a mixed junior high school and all of my white friends would be like, 'Oh my god, you're so gorgeous. You're so skinny. 'By the way, I looked disgusting, I looked sick. But they'd be like 'You're so skinny. I wish I could be like you.' And all my black friends would be like, 'Girl, eat a pork chop! You are so skinny.' And the white guys would be like 'Tyra's cute' and the black guys would be like, 'She's too skinny. She needs some booty. I don't want her.' So it's so cultural. And it's sad because women, when it comes to their body types, are ruled by men in their culture. So white women want to be super skinny because that's what white men seem to be attracted to. And the black guys want more meat."

CINDY CRAWFORD, in the May 2004 issue of Lifetime magazine, Cindy Crawford said, "...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."

BRUCE WILLIS, in the March 21, 05 issue of People said when asked if he was dating anyone now, "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.

HEATHER LOCKLEAR, in the July 11 issue of People Heather said, "There are beautiful women, and then there's me. I've seen this face in every mall I've ever been in. I'm not that special. I got lucky-my acting career just happened.

KIRSTY ALLEY, on the Today Show, Kirsty said, "I think that we're all sort of sick of being judged on how we look no matter if we're too skinny. It seems you can't be just right anymore. You're either too fat or too skinny too old or too young too ethnic or too not, you know. You rarely go wow that girl's just beautiful.

CHRISTINA APPLEGATE - "The truth is, I was the ugly, dorky duckling growing up. Even when I would do the show [Married With Children], I would walk away wearing baggy clothes. I was just so underconfident in what I looked like. I never looked in the mirror and never thought that I was a pretty girl. Boys never hit on me. I really wanted to be that hoochie mama in the club, the one that guys all wanted to look at and grab, but I just could not be that person."

JOHN CUSACK, in the December issue of Cosmopolitan said, "Almost everything about women is sexy. But it's just the person, the way they are, the way they move across a room. Sometimes it's confidence, a kind of attitude. The most sexy people I know are the ones who have the guts to just be themselves. It's hard to find people like that in Hollywood. If somebody is putting on an act, it's a sideshow that doesn't last."

SALMA HAYEK, in the September issue of O magazine, said, "In my world, you have to be so beautiful, so skinny, so rich, so famous - and I don't believe you really have to be any of those things. You simply have to be who you are. I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite. Don't be too impressed with me. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress. I get them free and I'm too lazy to go out and look for my own. I, a rich girl from Mexico, came here with designer clothes. And one day, when I was starving in an apartment in Los Angeles, I looked at my Chanel blouses and said, "If only I could pay the rent with one of these."