You have to use what you know to make a part real.
— Chrissy Metz
There have been so many discussions about my weight: How is she going to lose weight? Is she going to lose weight? When is she going to lose weight? It's kind of it's funny.
Size doesn't equate to beauty. I don't understand why that's a thing. Well, I do, because the media has told us thin is beautiful. But is it?
It's impossible to accept love from anyone else if you don't love yourself. It's a big issue, particularly for us plus-size ladies and for anyone dealing with weight, because we're not taught to love ourselves or be our own cheerleaders.
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.
I want to have a fit, healthy body and not have to be put in a box. I don't want to be limited by anything.
I'm paving the road for other women and men who know they're destined for greatness, but they don't believe it yet.
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.
So much of the mainstream media has taught us what beauty is, but everyone is beautiful.
Being a plus-size actress, it is slim pickings, so anytime any role comes up for a plus-size actress, my agents are all over it, and they were like, 'You have to book this job. It's 'American Horror Story.' It's a big deal.' No pressure, right?
If I ever end up on the worst-dressed list, it's not going to make me fall apart.
People don't realize how much money you have to spend: styling, publicity, a manager, and your agent. That's a chunk of change.
At the end of the day... my love for my body... comes from within.
I would say that when you do something out of the goodness of your heart, and you don't know what the repercussions will be, you have to live with that. And it can be devastating. Because the intention was there.
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'm on this journey to inspire people and to encourage them.
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.
Sometimes I feel like I'm two people. I'm proud of who I am as a person, but I do want to be at a healthy weight.
I do want to lose weight. But not because anyone is telling me to do it.
I eat my feelings - when I'm happy, when I'm sad.
The truth is, I don't find my value in my body or my weight. It's really more about who I am and what I can offer as a human being to the people in my life and the people in the world.
I don't have to have a man in my life, and I think men are attracted to that.
If you can't love who you are now, you can't get to the place you want to be.
When I first heard 'Harper's Bazaar' wanted me to be sexy, I was like, 'Who, me?' I knew y'all were edgy, but this is incredible - it's validation.
I, as Chrissy, want to do things that mentally, emotionally and physically make me the best that I can be.
