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You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.
Sep 17, 2025
I would never know how to sell myself as a sex symbol. That's not how I'm programmed.
I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie.
All women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols.
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.
I don't consider myself a sex symbol.
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.'
Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him.
Of course I'm going to be labeled as a sex symbol. I made my bed, and I'm sleeping in it.
I am not a sex symbol.
I'm not a sex symbol.
I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'
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.
I'm not really the sex symbol type.
I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol, and it's getting me attention. But I know I can act.
I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously.
How do I know about a man's needs for a sex symbol? I'm a girl.
A sex-symbol becomes a thing, I just hate being a thing. But if I'm going to be a symbol of something I'd rather have it sex than some other things we've got symbols of.
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing.
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.
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.
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.
It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it.
Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock.
Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol
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.
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. Men expect so much, and I can't live up to it.
Burt Reynolds, great sex symbol of the movies, who said, I owe it all to one great part. Never got a dinner!
If I was a sex symbol, I would be getting laid a lot more than I am now.
I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering.
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.
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.
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.
I think all women in Hollywood are known as sex symbols. That's what our purpose is in this business. You're merchandised, you're a product. You're sold and it's based on sex. But that's okay. I think women should be empowered by that, not degraded.
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.
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.
Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict.
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.
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.
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.
Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
A sex symbol is a heavy load to carry when one is tired, hurt and bewildered.
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.
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.
The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.
I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it happens, I think it's certainly going to be odd. People shouldn't see me as a sex symbol. I'm really just Henry. I'm just telling a story. I could be playing an incredibly unpleasant character who's not sexually attractive at all in my next movie. So I've no expectations at all.
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.
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.
I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor.
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.