Arms Quote by Ronda Rousey

While growing up I faced criticism not on the basis of gender but on my appearance. I was bullied and body-shamed.

— Harnaaz Sandhu

I was pretty as a child and I felt that I wasn't very manly and that plagued me for years.

— Bradley Cooper

Now, being a girl, I was ashamed of my body and my lack of strength. So I tried to be a man. I shot,…

— Agnes Smedley

People talk about me as masculine. Because of the way I walk and talk and crank out pull-ups and smell like bacon.

— Benjamin Percy

I was this young boy and I saw this man with his hands round my sister's neck, I was just standing there with her…

— Alexander McQueen

A lot of times I can across as too masculine to men, and they couldn't handle me, they stayed away.

— Brenda Holloway

My roles in the '80s were, like, gender dysphoric. I wasn't pretty, I wasn't this, I wasn't that. And I am kind of butchy,…

— Pamela Adlon

My whole life I've had people telling me that I look like a man, I'm not feminine, I'm too masculine, all that stuff.

— Rhea Ripley

I wasn't a masculine kid; I was pretty effeminate.

— Carmen Carrera

I could never stand big-mouthed types. I had problems with that at high school. I’ve still got the scars on my fists from the…

— Lennox Lewis

When childhood ended, I had to suppress feminine characteristics and try and be a boy. I didn't want to grow up at all because…

— Andreja Pejic

I grew up in a martial arts gym surrounded by men and boys, and I pretty much call myself a tomboy.

— Katheryn Winnick