Bipasha Basu Quotes

I felt very comfortable about myself when I was much heavier. I feel much better about myself from being fit.

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.

I'm like every other girl. I have to try really hard my whole life to try to be fit. And I'm super-vain.

People need to understand that I came this far being chubby and all that. Imagine how far I could go actually being in good shape and looking good.

I was a good 30 pounds overweight throughout high school, and it wasn't until I was going away to college that I really wanted to make sure I was doing everything possible to feel as confident as I could.

When I was 20, my husband at the time looked at me said, 'You're fat; go run.' There weren't a lot of tools at the end of the '70s to lose weight. It took me a while to realize what kind of exercise would make me happy and I would look forward to doing. And running became it.

For so many years, I felt so insecure, so inferior, and I still have those moments, but I have a newfound confidence since I got in shape and changed my diet.

My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true.

When I'm feeling comfortable at home, confident in my day-to-day, being healthy and being the best person I can be, MMA is easy.

Wrestling introduced me to the idea that my body has a purpose besides trying to look five years younger for the first time.

If I could give my younger self one piece of advice, I would say, 'Lose weight.'

I have worked too hard on my body. I hope people like it.

One of the biggest inspirations before I started shooting came from my brother, when he texted me and said, 'Hey, fatty, it's called 'The Hunger Games', not 'The Eating Games'. So I started working out a lot more and eating a lot less.

I don't happen to think magazines should be full of thin people. What I do say is that we can all work a little harder with what we have. It is possible to achieve a better body shape and heart rate with nutrition and exercise.

I believe in the human form; let me find something, some method, by which that form may achieve the utmost beauty.

Even now I don't consider myself skinny, but I have put a lot of hard work into my body over the years, and in the process, I've really learned to love myself.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

I'd feel better about myself if I did stomach crunches, but I don't.

I never thought I would become that person who loves working out. It sucks while you're doing it, but the second you finish, it's like, 'Wow, I feel great! I'm stronger and much more confident.'

My fitness journey will be a lifelong journey.

I was heavy as a kid. I mean, I kind of got it together for a while there in my 20s and early 30s.

I do take a lot of pride in my look and I work out - do work out a lot.

I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.

I got out of autobiography because my story is, I was famous, it was hard for me, I got into therapy. I had trouble with food, I got a nutritionist. There's no story there.

I had a sense of who I was before I got famous.