Top 55 Sex Symbol Quotes

People used to come knocking on my door saying, ‘Your trouble is that you’re a sex symbol who doesn’t do enough sexy things.’ I’d say to myself, ‘You think that if you pressure me I’ll fold.’ But if I did it, all it would mean is that I sold out.

I’m not a sex symbol, at least in the conventional sense.

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.

Everywhere in TV and films, actors who become mothers are treated differently. Suddenly, people will be like, ‘Oh, she’s a mom, so she can’t play a sex symbol role.’

I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don’t know if that’s good or not, because where I come from, sex isn’t something you’re allowed to talk about.

I’m quite cool about my sex symbol image. It’s nothing to be proud of or ashamed of.

The fact that I got famous and became a sex symbol around my normal, frumpy, love-handled self is so gratifying – and, dare I say, culturally gratifying as well.

What does it mean when I wear something that makes me look like a Disney Princess? Versus something that’s like ‘ooh, maybe Kiki Layne can be a sex symbol.’ Because these are things that, sometimes dark skin actors with natural hair, we don’t get put into those types of conversations.

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don’t become one. If you’re born with it, you’ll have it even when you’re 100 years old.

I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, ‘Am I a sex symbol?’ Then I go back to bed again. It’s stupid to think that way.

Some people will never take Madonna seriously – just as many never took Marilyn Monroe seriously. Novelty images – especially that of a sex symbol – are hard to erase.

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It’s very flattering, but I don’t think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol.

I’m the girl next door, not the sex symbol.

How do I know about a man’s needs for a sex symbol? I’m a girl.

I’m a sex symbol.

I know I have sex appeal, but I’ve never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me.

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.

In our society, women are valued for their sexual attraction. I’d like to get away from the sex symbol idea of what beauty is. Actually, that’s probably the farthest thing from beauty, because it’s makeup and hair, it’s pouty lips – it’s not real.

I have never apologised for my assets or for being a sex symbol.

If I was a sex symbol, I would be getting laid a lot more than I am now.

I wasn’t a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.

Do you know I’m a sex symbol?

I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.

I’m a sex symbol. Is that wild? It blows me away. I mean, I’ve always known it, I just figured nobody else did.

I’m a hard worker, very driven, and have never expected anything to come easily. My yoga, a great rejuvenator, helped me to live down my image – this sex symbol thing. It helps me connect with myself.

For lack of a better term, they’ve labeled me a sex symbol. It’s flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy.

I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It’s such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don’t want to be a sex symbol.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can’t sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

I can’t be described as a sex symbol; I think it’s ridiculous.

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.

I felt like I was in the wrong body, especially when you’re considered a sex symbol.

She was brave and would try anything. But she was never very confident. She didn’t even think she was particularly beautiful – which turned out to be a good thing because it made her act like a real person instead of a sex symbol.

I don’t think that I am a sex symbol, although it’s very flattering.

But, in real life, I’m not a sex symbol. I’m popular with female viewers, but television is fantasy land. People watching don’t see the real person; they see a romanticised image.

I’m not a sex symbol.

I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that.

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image.

I wouldn’t want to be known only as a sex symbol. I wanted to be known as an actress equally or even more so.

Just because of ‘Rangeela’ and ‘Daud,’ it can’t be said that I am a sex symbol.

I don’t know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don’t see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up.

I’m not a big fan of trying to be a sex symbol or any of that stuff because I really like the music to speak for itself.

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.

I have no sense of myself as a sex symbol at all. But the meaning of sex symbol might be a little different in Japan to elsewhere. The Japanese version seems to come with a stronger emphasis on a sort of grownup or mature male charm. And if that’s the case, then I guess I’m happy to hear it.

It’s rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.

I try to live my life as honestly as I can, and the last thing I want is to pretend to be something I’m not. To pretend to myself I am a sex symbol would somehow be dishonest. I’d feel, in my heart, that I were behaving artificially and that’s the last thing I want to do.

I realized, ‘Oh, it’s easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.’ Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

I am not a sex symbol of the Broadway community. I know guys who are, and I say, ‘Rock it out.’ But I’m more comfortable in a different land. I don’t know what land it is, but not that one.

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.

I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it’s not something I feel in real life. I’m much more of a natural girl at home.

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself.

I’m passionate about being an actor, but I’m definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

I love to be known as a sex symbol.

Being a sex symbol isn’t cool unless you’re in love with a girl, and she calls you a sex symbol.

My fans love me; they’ve made me this sex symbol. I don’t feel I am, but they feel that way. They find me attractive, like I’m a sexy dude. I try my best to make them believe the illusion.

We took Big Pun, a 700-lb Spanish guy, one of the greatest rappers ever, and made him a sex symbol. Women would wait on line to kiss him.