--- title: "8 Fat Suit Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Fat Suit quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Fat Suit sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/jill-scott-1737_agency_i-had-to-wear-a-fat-suit-to-play-mma-ram_136330.jpg" --- > [I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/i-had-to-wear-a-fat-suit-to-play-mma-ramotswe-in-the-no-1-ladies/) [Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52f/jill-scott-1737_agency_i-had-to-wear-a-fat-suit-to-play-mma-ram_136330.jpg) > [I was up at Big Sur with Christopher Reeve and Christine Lahti, doing this woman in a big fat-suit - Mrs. Bassett…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-grant/i-was-up-at-big-sur-with-christopher-reeve-and-christine-lahti-doing/) [Beth Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-grant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/811/beth-grant-12603_beautiful_i-was-up-at-big-sur-with-christopher-ree_840659.jpg) > [For some reason, they always gave me a fat suit in high-school productions. If there was a character who needed to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-bomer/for-some-reason-they-always-gave-me-a-fat-suit-in-high-school/) [Matt Bomer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-bomer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ff/matt-bomer-2221_always_for-some-reason-they-always-gave-me-a-fa_1176618.jpg) > [I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gwyneth-paltrow/i-put-on-the-fat-suit-and-went-outside-and-walked-around-i-was-really/) [Gwyneth Paltrow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gwyneth-paltrow/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ae/gwyneth-paltrow-1230_about_i-put-on-the-fat-suit-and-went-outside-a_1296959.jpg) > [He asked why and I said, 'Because Gwyneth has a fat suit, my wife has a fat suit - I don't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-viterelli/he-asked-why-and-i-said-because-gwyneth-has-a-fat-suit-my-wife-has-a/) [Joe Viterelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-viterelli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0c/joe-viterelli-74728_fats_he-asked-why-and-i-said-because-gwyneth_2145502.png) > [In 2004, I was on the West End stage in The Woman In White, and for every show I had to climb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-crawford/in-2004-i-was-on-the-west-end-stage-in-the-woman-in-white-and-for/) [Michael Crawford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-crawford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/michael-crawford-40409_always_in-2004-i-was-on-the-west-end-stage-in-t_2561430.png) > [My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-vilanch/my-skirt-fell-off-on-stage-during-a-performance-of-hairspray-on/) [Bruce Vilanch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-vilanch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09f/bruce-vilanch-19171_audience_my-skirt-fell-off-on-stage-during-a-perf_3161176.png) > [She loses 50 pounds in the film, and goes from fairly sane to totally out of her mind. So for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-burstyn/she-loses-50-pounds-in-the-film-and-goes-from-fairly-sane-to-totally/) [Ellen Burstyn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-burstyn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e30/ellen-burstyn-12671_fairly_she-loses-50-pounds-in-the-film-and-goes_3172170.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fat-suit/#itemlist", "name": "Fat Suit Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had to wear a fat suit to play Mma Ramotswe in 'The No 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.' She's described as being like a small elephant, but she loves her body and size. When we were filming in Africa, it was 110F. It was torturous. 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