Quotes by Tyra Banks

Because my hands are rough and wrinkley, they are my least favourite feature. An ex-boyfriend used to call them 'Freddy Kreuger' fingers.
– Tyra Banks
Black women don't have the same body image problems as white women. They are proud of their bodies. Black men love big butts.
– Tyra Banks
Black women have always been these vixens, these animalistic erotic women. Why can't we just be the sexy American girl next door?
– Tyra Banks
I don't know what to do with my arms. It just makes me feel weird and I feel like people are looking at me and that makes me nervous.
– Tyra Banks
I haven't seen the Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, the Louvre. I haven't seen anything. I don't really care.
– Tyra Banks
I liked college guys but they could tell I was just a skinny girl.
– Tyra Banks
I love the confidence that makeup gives me.
– Tyra Banks
There's always going to be dreams and goals I have, but I never really tell people what they are.
– Tyra Banks
The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.
– Tyra Banks
Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will.
– Tyra Banks
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.
– Tyra Banks
Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.
– Tyra Banks
My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.
– Tyra Banks
I've been singing for six years. I've been in and out of the studios with top producers, but it wasn't something I was ready to express to the public or to the press. I wasn't ready to come out. I wanted to perfect my voice and be 100 percent positive that I could come out right.
– Tyra Banks
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.
– Tyra Banks
I made my living being 20 or 30 pounds heavier than the average model. And that's where I got famous.
– Tyra Banks
I love food and feel that it is something that should be enjoyed. I eat whatever I want. I just don't overeat.
– Tyra Banks
I love all kinds of bread. Whenever I crave junk food, I want salty things like peanuts or potato chips.
– Tyra Banks
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.
– Tyra Banks
Designers are very fickle. I never wanted to be a victim of that. You're in one minute, out the next.
– Tyra Banks