Top 100 Sex Symbol Quotes
#2. I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world.
Jane Fonda
#3. 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.
Raquel Welch
#4. 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.
Teena Marie
#5. I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious.
Shirley Manson
#6. I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me - and that I've made of myself - as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it
Marilyn Monroe
#7. I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed.
Tom Selleck
#8. I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'
Hope Solo
#9. 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.
Randeep Hooda
#10. I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.
Diora Baird
#11. I look in the mirror and I don't see a sex symbol. I just see a guy who looks like he's been beaten with a baseball bat. I mean, is this the face of a sex symbol? They say that because I work in the movies.
Javier Bardem
#13. How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
Marilyn Monroe
#14. I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.
Julia Sawalha
#15. 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.
Sophia Loren
#16. A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am.
Liam Neeson
#17. 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.
Ed Sheeran
#18. You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think of me as a mini-folk hero because it's difficult for them to believe a man of my age is sexually active.
Bob Newhart
#19. Think of me as a sex symbol for the men who don't give a damn.
Phyllis Diller
#20. I don't consider myself a sex symbol.
Pia Zadora
#21. I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that.
Tobey Maguire
#22. When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd.
James Nesbitt
#23. I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom.
Laura Prepon
#24. I have always considered my career self and my personal self as two different and separate people. There's a Jayne Mansfield at home, a wife and devoted mother, and there's Jayne the sex symbol, which is my career. I have always kept them completely apart and separate.
Jayne Mansfield
#25. It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal.
Jessica Biel
#26. You can be a sex symbol through music or film. Hey, there are some politicians that are sex symbols. Is that something you should fight? No. Sex is very natural.
Ricky Martin
#27. Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol.
Isaac Mizrahi
#28. Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.
Kathleen Turner
#29. My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding.
Raquel Welch
#30. I'd like ten more babies and ten more chihuahuas and a few Academy Awards. Meanwhile, I enjoy being a sex symbol and making people happy.
Jayne Mansfield
#31. 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.
David Bowie
#32. If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role.
Nadezhda Tolokonnikova
#33. 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.
Raquel Welch
#34. 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.
Ben Affleck
#35. 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.
Antonio Banderas
#36. Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She's revolutionary; she's a warrior.
Raquel Welch
#37. A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing.
Marilyn Monroe
#38. I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.
Shirley Maclaine
#39. 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.
Emma Watson
#40. I can't be described as a sex symbol; I think it's ridiculous.
Tom Mison
#41. I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself.
John Abraham
#42. You're a sex symbol," she began.
"Thanks for noticing.
Karina Bliss
#43. I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'
Marina Sirtis
#44. Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
Clara Bow
#45. As a sex symbol, I don't know what is appealing to women. I think it's the way you treat women that makes you sexy if you like.
Ray Winstone
#46. You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
Idris Elba
#47. I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
Liam Neeson
#48. It's ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don't feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick out of it - she'd find it very funny. I'll take it though. I'm very humble. But it's certainly not the way I feel.
Mark Wahlberg
#49. I read that I'm supposed to be Hollywood's new sex symbol . I think I'm the most unsexy thing that ever was. I'm open for everything of course, but I'm certainly not aware of being sexy.
Sharon Tate
#50. It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol.
John Forsythe
#51. 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.
Bai Ling
#52. It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.
Shaquille O'Neal
#55. I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs?
Jaclyn Smith
#57. If being a sex symbol means you have lots of sex, then I am glad to be a sex symbol. But in real life I'm not. That doesn't happen.
Diego Luna
#58. If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.
Luke Bryan
#59. I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.
Dustin Clare
#60. That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suffering right now because it's out of your hands what happens to you with age.
Bo Derek
#61. It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip, or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept.
Katrina Kaif
#62. The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.
Jeri Ryan
#63. The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me.
Raquel Welch
#64. No nude scenes. No sex-symbol parts. I want people to recognize me for my work, not just for being pretty.
Robin Wright
#65. As far as I'm concerned, the sexiness, the sex symbol, it's not a consideration.
Daniel Craig
#66. I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road.
Kim Basinger
#67. 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.
Kim Novak
#68. I don't view myself as a sex symbol. I think beautiful people come from within and that's how I look at it. I'm definitely not sexy.
Sharon Osbourne
#69. It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
Daniel Craig
#70. I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott.
Sam Elliott
#71. A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
Marilyn Monroe
#72. If I was a sex symbol, I would be getting laid a lot more than I am now.
Moby
#73. Back in my heyday, when I was out on the streets - I'm engaged now, about to get married - but before that I was quite the sex symbol. My line was, "If I was taller, would I have a chance?".
Kevin Hart
#74. Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
Raquel Welch
#75. I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.
John Travolta
#76. I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure.
Viola Davis
#77. 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.
Cherie Lunghi
#78. Do I look like a sex-symbol or a pin-up boy? It's just that my father presented me like a dream.
Hrithik Roshan
#79. 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.
Dennis Franz
#80. 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.
Skylar Grey
#81. Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.
David Duchovny
#82. 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.
Ken Watanabe
#83. I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol.
Steven Seagal
#84. I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol.
Eva Mendes
#85. I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol.
Francesca Annis
#86. Of course I'm going to be labeled as a sex symbol. I made my bed, and I'm sleeping in it.
Miranda Kerr
#87. Burt Reynolds, great sex symbol of the movies, who said, I owe it all to one great part. Never got a dinner!
Red Buttons
#88. I didn't know I was a sex symbol in the U.K., but if I am, then I'm flattered.
Jessie Pavelka
#89. Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.
Jolene Blalock
#90. 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.
Becki Newton
#91. I would never know how to sell myself as a sex symbol. That's not how I'm programmed.
Jude Law
#92. I, the great and powerful D.S. will create a harem for all the women in the world!!!! For a woman, no greater joy exists in the entire universe than to fuck me, the ultimate sex symbol!!!
Kazushi Hagiwara
#93. 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.
Jennifer Aniston
#94. You'd be hard-pressed to find an actor who isn't a sex symbol somewhere.
Jamie Dornan
#95. The sex symbol thing's a little bit different for me. Usually, like whenever there's a picture of me, there's always this set of things that comes out like, 'Oh my god, she's so ugly.'
Mitchell Baker
#96. I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.
Carla Gallo
#97. A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young.
Paul Simon
#98. Me being an ant, at her mountain, I would have tried my best for my voice to reach her peak. But our timing was off, and she hid her pain as stars in clouds. If I had the chance, I would have saved her from all the truths and lies.
Anthony Liccione
#99. It is the friction of two spiritual things, of tradition and invention, or of substance and symbol, from which the mind takes fire. The creeds condemned as complex have something like the secret of sex; they can breed thoughts.
G.K. Chesterton
#100. I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all too well: a phallic symbol. All over the world I was, as a name and personality, equated with sex.
Errol Flynn
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