Audrina Patridge, star of 'The Hills" was a victim of school bullying

Girls were always rude and catty to my sister and I. They will say anything to put you down and make themselves feel better. I had a few close guy friends and the girls didn't like it, so they would call me names and spread terrible rumors.

You just have to hold your chin up and take it as a compliment that certain people dedicate that much time and effort to talk about you. I don't think I'll ever stop experiencing that, I have just gotten better at understanding and dealing with it. (ANI)

Whitney Thompson says flaws are what makes her different

I've learned to take my flaws and [realize] they're what make me different. I've got my mom's thighs, you know? Southern! My mom has big thighs; my grandmama has big thighs. God forbid I look like every other robot-cookie-cutter girl out there! You're going to find someone who loves your gian nose or thinks your skinny arms are great!

I think one of the things that really helped me most in middle school and high school as cutting tags out of my pants--that way, other girls couldn't say anything. When someone goes, "What size are those?" you can look and say, "I don't know." Wear what fits-it doesn't matter what the number is. Seventeen Magazine July '08

Zac Efron on building character

I don't like when a girl wears too much makeup. I like girls who look real. She shouldn't care too much and constantly look in the mirror and stare at herself. It's all about personality. I like a natural girl who can go to the beach without makeup on, and be confident. Twist Sept '07

Everyone thought it was so cool to be a part of the basketball team, but to be in plays at the local theater houses wasn't that cool, I guess. I got made fun of constantly! That's what built my character. That’s what makes you who you are. When you get made fun of-when people point out your weaknesses-that's just another opportunity for you to rise above.TWIST Sept '06

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What did Johnny Depp feel when he left school?

My main feeling when I left school was of insecurity. US Magazine

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Cody Karey gives dating advice

You can't be afraid to make jokes and have fun on dates. The whole point of a date is that you're trying to find out if you and the other person are right for each other. And you have to be yourself to find that out! If the other person doesn't think you're funny, then that's it! Twist Mar '08

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What Hilary Duff finds unattractive in a guy

Hilary Duff says it unattractive when a guy:

a. Gets jealous
b. Lacks motivation
c. Is high-maintenance
d. Has a huge ego

There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time. It's not attractive when girls get superskinny. Guys don't like it. Girls don't like you as much. You lose some happiness when that's all you think about. Cosmopolitan Jan '08

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Halle Berry's magical experience

A magical thing happened when I turned 40 - a light sort of went off, and I felt more self-assured and confident, like I finally had the right to be authentic about who I am, to say what I want to say. I guess that comes with getting older. Now I'm at this point in my life where I'm happy with myself. It's not because I have a really cute boyfriend or a great career, I just feel good about me. And if any one of those things should dissipate, I'd still be OK. That feels like a really good place to be.

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Javier Bardem reveals what he finds sexy

For me, the most attractive woman is the person who is at peace with herself. No matter how good that person looks, when I see somebody at peace, that is sexy to me. Parade Nov '07

Saleisha wants you to be who you are

My freshman year I went through a phase when I would think some girl was much prettier than me. Like, she's skinnier, she's taller, she has prettier eyes. I didn't hate myself, but I didn't feel that I was pretty. But at the end of the day, you can't change who you are. You can't go to sleep at night and wake up tomorrow perfectly beautiful. You just have to give what you got, and if [the world] doesn't want it, then they can leave it. Seventeen Feb '08

Ciara tells you how to get the guy

Don't automatically assume guys are going to fall for your friend over you. I used to feel self-conscious about my height, and that made me afraid to talk to guys, but then I learned that guys like confidence. Stand up straight, keep your head up, and look him in the eye. I still have days when I feel insecure, but I know that if I'm not confident in myself, there's no way I can convince anybody else to believe in me. Seventeen Feb '08

Common's writing books

I want kids to have a positive and good message. My next book is called M.E.:Mixed Emotions. It's about a child who has two parents, one who's white and one who's black. It's about how the child deals with her insecurities. All my books are about self-esteem. Cosmo Feb '08

How John Krasinski describes the perfect woman

Spontaneity is a huge thing for me...and a sense of humor. Not only that you can tell a joke but that you can laugh at yourself and are willing to laugh it off rather than hold grudges. Cosmo Feb '08

Sally Field talks about her low-self-esteem

Many people must have looked at my life and thought I was quite fortunate. But I felt lousy about myself--and as you now know, I didn't come from a place where I had a lot of self-confidence. In my late 50s I began to embrace myself in a way that I hadn't been able to before. I find that I'm not as worried anymore about what other people think. That's a comfortable place to be. And I'm starting to let go of the feeling that I need to push myself to do things. I don't want to do--an impulse that has always been linked to the feeling that I'm not enough. If you're busy thinking, Gosh, I'm not pretty or smart enough, your spirit is undernourished. The minute you tell yourself, I'm never going to feel those things again, you stop growing because you're too busy armoring yourself. O Magazine Mar '08

Jason Dooley spills what he likes in a girl

A girl's smile is always going to catch my attention. Every girl has a great smile, so if you just show it, I'll notice it for for sure. But mostly it's about being yourself. I don't like it when girls try to be too funny or overly flirty.

Jessica Alba felt ugly when she was in school

In public school in Del Rio, Texas--Jessica Alba says she was sickly--asthma, kidney problems--and ugly, bucktoothed, and swaybacked. She also says that she was friendless and talks bitterly of the clique of middle school girls who kicked dirt on her while she was eating a sandwich under a tree. Elle Mag Feb '08

Hilarie Burton says she was a geeky kid

I did not feel cute. I was totally dorky, and in second grade they realized I was blind (and needed glasses to see). I was the geeky kid, and I couldn't sit with the cool girls. It's been 15 to 20 years, and it still affects you. Los Angeles Daily News

Bruce Willis - tired of being single?

I'm comfortable being alone. I'm comfortable being single. I may fall in love again, but-for those kids who are listening to Bruce Willis for love advice - any relationship that isn't founded on friendship is just doomed. People Magazine

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Salma Hayek urges fans to not be impressed with her.

In my world, you have to be so beautiful, so skinny, so rich, so famous - and I don't believe you really have to be any of those things. You simply have to be who you are. I do have thighs and a butt. I have cellulite. Don't be too impressed with me. Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style. Don't spend your savings trying to be someone else. You're not more important, smarter, or prettier because you wear a designer dress. I get them free and I'm too lazy to go out and look for my own. I, a rich girl from Mexico, came here with designer clothes. And one day, when I was starving in an apartment in Los Angeles, I looked at my Chanel blouses and said, "If only I could pay the rent with one of these. O Magazine

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Alfree Woodard's advice on self-esteem

When I was growing up in Tulsa, the kids called me bubble lips and frog eyes. My mama always said, "Oh, you're such a pretty girl," and I believed I was, thanks to her encouragement. Still, this was before the "black is beautiful" era of the 1970s, and everything around me seemed to negate my particular look - especially movies. The screen is one of the most influential tools in our lives, and if you don't see yourself represented it's almost as if you don't exist. As I got older, I was drawn to the power and possibility for healing that cinema and the theater offered the world, and even though I didn't resemble the typical actress - or maybe because of it - I moved to Hollywood. At auditions I was constantly told that I looked too much like an African and not enough like an African-American. I thought, this is as African-American as you get - my family has been here for 400 years! The hues of America were not being celebrated. Instead, everybody was trying to fit a homogeneous image. Then in 1986, I traveled to Zimbabwe for the first time to shoot the TV movie Mandela. I felt as if I'd been given a pure shot of oxygen. Suddenly, I was part of the dominant culture. I saw people like me. They had round faces and large eyes, with skin so warm and lips so full that I almost wanted to kiss strangers. I'd been living in Los Angeles, a world full of cubic zirconias, and here I was in the land of deep, rich-colored, genuine gemstones. I felt organically beautiful for the first time in my life. It may sound immodest, but I realized that my presence in movies gives that same validation to other young black women. They can feel free to walk their walk, swing their hips, and flash their smiles because they see themselves up on the screen. Everybody has a part of her body that she doesn't like, but I've stopped complaining about mine because I don't want to critique nature's handiwork. There's no such thing as imperfection. My job is simply to allow the light to shine out of the masterpiece. O Magazine

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Who says Nicole Kidman was gawky?

Nora Ephron said, "She (Nicole Kidman) told me that as a teen she was tall and gawky and covered with freckles. She would think, why does this body have to represent me?" Glamour Magazine

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