Marsha Mason Quotes

I am so sick and tired of being told what I'm supposed to look like!

To hang out in a gay bar or put on a sequined halter top makes me feel like a total person.

I love my red hair. It makes me spunkier.

I'm like, 'Yeah, I could afford braces, but why should I change myself to be what everybody else wants me to be when I'm OK with who I am and I'm happy with who I am?'

The 40s onwards are when we can really begin to enjoy ourselves. For many women, this is when everything comes together, and they look better than ever. The great thing about getting older is you don't have to do/wear/say anything you don't want to. It wasn't until my very late 30s that I stopped worrying about what other people thought.

I'm not big on plastic surgery for me but I don't fault it for someone who wants it for them. You have to do what makes you feel good, but it's not my thing.

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.

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

I like having my hair and face done, but I'm not going to lose weight because someone tells me to. I make music to be a musician not to be on the cover of Playboy.

When I was in school, I got there on the first day and everyone had long, blonde, straight hair, and I had short, dark, curly hair. I immediately felt I didn't fit in and started growing my hair. But I've learned that I'm only happy when I am truly me and feel comfortable and confident in myself.

I feel... sexier, I think, with short hair. I feel like an alien!

I'm a big woman. I need big hair.

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.

It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do.

Oh! Isn't it jolly To cast away folly And cut all one's clothes a peg shorter (A good many pegs) And rejoice in one's legs Like a free-minded Albion's daughter.

I find it funny when women share makeup-free selfies on Twitter or Instagram, and it's such a huge deal.

I will wear makeup because I want to look good for myself, but it's not to please other people. It's not so I fit in with the pretty girls or to impress guys.

'Sexy' is a state of mind, and it can come in all shapes and sizes. It is different for every person.

Making the decision to embrace or to shun makeup is one that should be contingent on nothing more, nothing less, than doing what makes you feel like the best version of yourself.

It's nice to stand out and not have to conform to all the beauty standards that just don't even make sense anymore.

Not everyone can look the same, so as long as you look the best that you can look and you feel good, that's all that matters.

There's nothing antifeminist about showing a lovely body; it's part of the person you are.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't really care anymore what people think about me. I'm just gonna be me.

My mum never put those fashion ideals into the house. I didn't wear make-up, and I had my hair all frizzy.

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.