Camryn Manheim

I've always thought of fat as just a descriptive word

— Camryn Manheim

Parents know how to push your buttons because, hey, they sewed them on

— Camryn Manheim

My parents have always been offended by my weight, embarrassed maybe. It didn't fit with their sensibilities

— Camryn Manheim

I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.

— Camryn Manheim

You can either destroy your spirit or you can accept and love yourself just the way you are.

— Camryn Manheim

Acting forces you to ask yourself, 'Can my constitution take a decade of constant rejection?' And after ten years, you either make…

— Camryn Manheim

Self-acceptance begets acceptance from others, which begets even deeper, more genuine self-acceptance. It can be done. But no one is going to…

— Camryn Manheim

The universe is like a pension plan. It will match your investment.

— Camryn Manheim

I learned how to sign because when I was growing up in California in order to get into college you needed two…

— Camryn Manheim

Waiting, waiting, waiting. All my life, I've been waiting for my life to begin, as if somehow my life was ahead of…

— Camryn Manheim

I hate overweight, because it implies that there's a weight standard i should be adhering to

— Camryn Manheim

I have lived my life in a culture that hates fat people.

— Camryn Manheim

When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in…

— Camryn Manheim

It never occurred to me that I'd be on a television show or in feature films but when those came into play…

— Camryn Manheim

On The Practice, I get to do what I love to do, and I am making a contribution that will, in the…

— Camryn Manheim

When it comes to boys and her weight, I think Ellenor is much more conservative than I am, and she has not…

— Camryn Manheim

Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?

— Camryn Manheim

The way I see it, I can either cross the street, or I can keep waiting for another few years of green…

— Camryn Manheim

Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.

— Camryn Manheim

So instead of beating myself up for being fat, I think it's a miracle that I laugh every day and walk through…

— Camryn Manheim

Both of my parents are professors and everyone in my family has some fabulous degree of something or another and I couldn't…

— Camryn Manheim

It's important to me that I look good on television because, let's face it, I'm single, and you want somebody to watch…

— Camryn Manheim

It's okay to be a fat man. It's prestige and power and all of that. But fat women are seen as just…

— Camryn Manheim

Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.

— Camryn Manheim

fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women. ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat,…

— Camryn Manheim