Retouching is an incredible tool but can also create unrealistic expectations for women who don't understand that an image is not how the subject really looks. Even the subjects themselves can't live up to their retouched images.
— Amanda de Cadenet
I think that the friendship that women share is so powerful. In fact, there's nothing quite like it. People talk about mother-child bonds, but I would argue that female friendship bond is also in a league unto its own.
I will not sell anything ever again that I do not believe in. I'm not willing to do a job for pure financial gain. I've done that, and it wasn't worth it.
I try to make things that are not elitist.
Some people would say having a feminist perspective is political, but I don't think it is. I think it's just having a female perspective.
If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires.
I was put in White City children's home when I was 15.
As women, we're trying to be the best mothers and partners and have careers. We're trying to do so much. It's okay to say to other women, 'How do you do this?' Because I honestly don't know. The more we are honest, the more you realize we're all just trying to figure this out.
Stay away from other people's partners.
I have autoimmune disease, thyroid problems, and I've been diagnosed pre-diabetic.
You can lose who you are so easily when you're being so many things to so many different people.
I could do a show with men; I'd love to do that, but it's women that I know and understand.
I'm passionate about women's issues, and there are no outlets for that on TV, so I wanted to create one.
My daughter gave me a whole new perspective.
At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that.
As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately.
The fact is external feminine beauty is highly valued, and we are constantly given the message that a slamming body is the most valuable thing a woman can possess.
You are the most important thing in your life. Put yourself at the center of your life.
Female friendships have sustained me from my earliest days as a child.
I've learnt that if you can't get rid of something, you have to find a way to live with it.
Every episode of 'The Conversation' was created to be a platform for women, to connect women, and to allow women's voices to be heard as much as possible. That's why I launched that show on a television network and online simultaneously.
People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.
Being present with a person and just seeing them for who they are is something that is so rarely given to us, and I try to do that with everyone I meet.
I was in so much emotional pain as a young girl that whatever distracted me from how I felt about myself was fine by me.
I've photographed a lot of my good girlfriends, and it's given me a lot of anxiety because I don't want to let them down.
Understanding money is part of being independent. You can't be self-sufficient if you're relying on someone else.
Freedom is... not to be bound by my wounds. And to be able to eat cake every day.
I go to the Korean spa when the kids go to bed. It's like I turn my brain off.
No one wants to be lectured at.
I grew up in front of the camera from an early age. It distorts your perception of who you are. Having a lot of attention at a young age is not healthy.
I was a workaholic, I had food issues, and I had body issues. I was in a lot of pain. My parents didn't recognise what was going on.
We all want love and to feel safe, wanted, cared for, to like our selves, our bodies, to have families and feel okay in the world.
From the ages of 12 to 35 my body, not my mind, was my primary currency. My ideas, my humor, my curiosity - none of those were valued as much as my body, which preceded me into almost every room.
I don't raise my daughter differently than her twin brother, to the point where she only wanted to wear his clothes - sweatpants, baggy T-shirts, and high-tops - for a year straight. She claims it's because she needs to be 'comfortable and functional,' and who can blame her? I would wear a tracksuit seven out of seven days if I could.
I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.
I tend to side with people who are considered the underdog. I have empathy.
Things are only as important as you make them out to be.
Whitney Cummings is a very dear friend of mine, and she is a huge advocate for women.
I have met people on the subway who have told me the most profound stories, and I am convinced we all have something to teach each other if we just slow down long enough to hear the message.
I've worked very hard on my self-esteem, and I know my value.
When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.
Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.
I've built 'The Conversation' from the ground up with no business training.
You never know how your kids are going to turn out. You can raise them with all the best intentions, and then they're own people, and they have their own inner conflicts. You just hope you've given them some good stuff to navigate with.
I'd like to interview Rita Ora - I think she's really cool.
Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.
I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'
I've wanted to interview Hillary Clinton since I was 15 years old.
Only when we are sick and tired of being sick and tired do any of us do something different.
The most beautiful girl in the room not only gets the guy, she lands the job, gets better service at a restaurant, rises through the social ranks before her friends. Doors open for the beautiful woman that may not for a female who is twice as smart but half as beautiful.
