Saara Aalto Quotes

I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.

I have a figure, and there aren't many girls out there right now who have that.

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

It took me a while to accept that I'm not going to have the curves other girls get.

I was a good-looking kid. I never felt, like, dorky. I was just like, 'Yup, these are my braces. I've had them forever.'

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

I am not an insecure person at heart, but I am also aware that I am not as good looking as an actress is expected to be.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

People still tell me I’m fat, but when I look in the mirror, that’s not what I see.

I suffer from an amazing amount of insecurities, and I'm grateful that my body image, it's normally not something I pay attention to.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

I say this in the spirit of feminist encouragement, but I think I'm pretty hot. I've got all the facial features, facing the right way, at the right end, and you can always paint over the bad bits with makeup.

Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look bloody awful. I think I'm turning into the actress from 'Dynasty,' Linda Evans.

I'm happy with the way I look but I'm not Hollywood beautiful.

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

I look like a gorilla, just the way I'm built.

I certainly used to wish that I was skinny, lighter-skinned, with long, pretty hair. But only because I used to get made fun of for being the absolute opposite. I didn't see all of that stuff as the American Dream. I just wanted to look normal. Now that I'm older, I really do feel like I am a beautiful girl.

I was always handsome under all the fat.

I wish I was taller or curvier, but I'm happy with the way I look.

Girls pour their insecurities into their looks.

I just feel like growing up in Los Angeles, you learn, 'Well you're never gonna be the prettiest girl in the room, so just don't even try.' I mean, I care about being pretty, but it's not my most valued thing.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

Because I'm not perfect looking, I get to play better roles.

It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.

I've never felt like I've exactly traded on my looks. When I was a teenager, I was an ultra late bloomer, and my mom would say it was a blessing because it means you never have to wonder if guys are only interested in you because you've got boobs.