Top 35 Chrissy Metz Quotes

Until you love yourself, until you really believe that, you’re stopped in your tracks. That’s why it’s so important to wear what you want to wear and be who you want to be.

Our weights fluctuate: Some people gain or lose, even friends who are average size. If I would say ‘I’m fat,’ my friends would say, ‘Don’t say that!’ And I’d think, ‘Are you offended, you can’t handle the word? Or do you think I am embarrassed?’

I eat my feelings – when I’m happy, when I’m sad.

Why not have a motivation beyond me to get to a healthy weight? Every actor does that. We’re chameleons. We change; we grow as an actor. You lose weight, you gain weight, you change your hair or whatever.

I just have to be very clear. Whether or not I lose weight or stay the same, it’s purely a choice of mine for health. Not because I think that plus size, curvy, voluptuous, big bodies aren’t attractive – because I think they’re awesome and sexy.

I try to be present in the moment and to be authentic, and to listen.

Just because we’re a bit curvier doesn’t mean we don’t want to look great.

I’m the middle child.

When I’m not shooting, I’m a leggings and boots girl. I like cute and casual – for me, it’s all about feeling good and being comfortable.

I was always the class clown, and I think I gravitated toward performing for the attention I didn’t always think I was getting at home.

I kept auditioning, with no savings and no money, credit card debt gaining interest. I went on unemployment. I bought ramen noodles at dollar stores. I never had to – God forbid – live on the streets.

I try to not to overanalyze, not to watch myself too much, but to be present in life and in my art. I’m so glad it comes off in that way.

The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that’s what they really need. They’re misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.

People don’t realize how much money you have to spend: styling, publicity, a manager, and your agent. That’s a chunk of change.

If you can’t love who you are now, you can’t get to the place you want to be.

I have been in Los Angeles for a long time, and I have wanted to be a series lead for a long time. It’s literally on my bucket list.

It’s very strange. I can’t go anywhere without somebody stopping me, which is so cool that I get to connect to people that I never might’ve ever spoken to, or they have an impetus to speak to me. It’s created a career that I wasn’t sure if I’d ever really have.

I wanted to entertain and make people laugh. I think it really hit in third grade, but once I was in high school, I joined chamber choir. I wanted to do musical theater, too, but they had rehearsals at the same time. That was a bit of ‘Sophie’s Choice.’

If there was going to be a pioneer of the plus-size girl of my shape on TV, why not me?

I have been able to help my friends and people that I believe in pay their bills and stay afloat in L.A. while following their dreams.

It can be very hard to find clothing for different body shapes. After all, there are only, what, five companies for plus-size women?

I’m ready to encourage and support people on their journey because I’ve been encouraged and supported. I just hope I make people proud.

You don’t realize that somebody who’s average or even very fit could relate to someone who’s overweight, but it’s not about our size – it’s how we look at ourselves and how we feel about ourselves.

I don’t have to have a man in my life, and I think men are attracted to that.

So much of the mainstream media has taught us what beauty is, but everyone is beautiful.

I’m on this journey to inspire people and to encourage them.

I realized that… at the core of who we are, we’re these perfect beings – and we’re not taught that.

Most of my stuff comes from Eloquii, Torrid, Lane Bryant – even Target!

I wanted to be the female Jim Carrey.

There were times I’d be nervous walking home from elementary school, thinking, ‘If that red tag from the power company saying our lights are turned off is on the door handle, I don’t know what I’ll do.’

You can’t be hateful because you love yourself. And we’re extensions of each other; we’re all connected.

I am of the thinking that everything happens as it should and when it should.

At the end of the day… my love for my body… comes from within.

I started coming into my own at 30, discovering what’s important to me, not caring what other people think.

I want to wear something because I love it, not because it follows the rules.