Tyra Banks Quotes

I feel more comfortable when I'm lighter - I sleep better, I snore less, I have more endurance when I work out, my arms look better.

I don't like expensive things... I just can't help looking in a magazine for the splurge and the save.

From offstage until the moment I walk onstage, I constantly tweak my talk show and 'Top Model', but at the same time, I often leave my private life by the wayside.

People always ask me if I'm going to stop modeling because I have started an acting career. I hope to continue to model for years to come.

I've always seen modeling as a stepping stone.

I'm trying to build a strong business. I want to create new stars, new shows and new products for my audience and create a legacy that outlives me. There are so many other ways I want to reach women besides doing a talk show.

I talked about adopting a baby when I was 20 years old, before it became 'hip.'

I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.

I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.

I have so many goals.

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself.

You can't model for the rest of your life, so it is important to diversify your career.

I don't go to the cool, trendy restaurants. I go to either the holes in the wall or the super-fancy restaurants where there are no cool people.

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.

A smart model is a good model.

I love the confidence that makeup gives me.

I enjoy doing fashion shows and transforming myself into different looks for photo shoots.

I'm a perfectionist. Sometimes I have to remind myself that it's okay if there are flaws here and there.

Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies.

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?

I'm competitive with myself. I always try to push past my own borders.

Self-love has very little to do with how you feel about your outer self. It's about accepting all of yourself.