Rafe Spall Quotes

I'm, like, a compulsive eater. I'm going to be so fat when I'm older, it's ridiculous.

I was a chubby boy. My pants used to wear out in the middle, and it was because my legs used to rub together. I wasn't obese, just chunky.

I used to play in the front row, I could eat whatever I want - but I got up to 97 kilograms. And let's remember I'm five foot bloody nothing!

I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid.

There are less than 1 per cent of anorexic girls, but there more than 30 per cent of girls in France - I don't know about England - that are much, much overweight. And it is much more dangerous and very bad for the health.

By the age of 18, I was very fat. My dad would say there's a Spall fat gene. But I was fat because I ate loads. I used to go and buy six or seven chocolate bars and eat my way through them.

I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation.

The interesting thing about overeating or being obese is there's this physical manifestation of it.

If you walk down the street, within five minutes you will see someone who is morbidly obese or obese.

If you see 'Pollock,' I weighed almost 270 pounds.

I was short and fat as a child.

At 26 or 27, I was fatter than anyone.

I was really fat in school.

I definitely gain weight, and I'm not naturally thin.

I've talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they're judged. They think they're unattractive.

We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!

A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.

I'm fat! There's nothing else to call it.

When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.

For the first time ever, overweight people outnumber average people in America. Doesn't that make overweight the average then? Last month you were fat, now you're average - hey, let's get a pizza!

I just don't like being overweight.

People - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.

I love food so much, all I have to do is look at it and I gain 5 pounds.

Toffee Crisp was my downfall. I once ate five at a sitting. Do you really need that third helping, Harry? My parents didn't overfeed me, nor did they make an issue of it. That's when things go wrong. It doesn't have to be a problem for children to be fat, but it does affect you: you aren't as happy in that skin.

I've been overweight all my life.