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I loved eating and I did put on weight. I never actually felt fat until I started going for castings, for auditions.

— Archie Panjabi

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I had spent my entire career not wanting to talk about weight, not wanting to deal with it, wanting to be an actor first.

— Sara Rue

My gosh, I love food. If I wasn't an actor, I could be a completely different body shape right now.

— Hugh Jackman

I was never obese, but I felt 'less than' because I wasn't as thin as other actresses. I totally fell for that low-fat craze. My goal was to be X jeans size or a specific number on the scale.

— Alison Sweeney

Really skinny actresses make me hungry - I see them and think, Honey, you need to eat!

— Miranda Lambert

I love eating. Unfortunately, I have to be really determined and control my foodie temptations. That is the only thing I don't like about being an actress; the constant need to check my weight. Otherwise, I love my job!

— Sonam Kapoor

Actors travel a lot and work long hours, and sometimes you eat at odd hours, so I have to work out to keep my weight at the same level.

— Sibel Kekilli

I would like to be more fit, but I don't think I will put on fat or gain weight for movie roles. I am not going to do that.

— Nargis Fakhri

I thought I'd become an actress, but then I realized I eat too much.

— Chelsea Handler

I was cast as the lead in a Warner Bros TV pilot and was immediately told I needed to lose weight. I got a bit weird about food for the first time in my life, and I thought, 'You know, this just isn't the life for me.'

— Sophie Winkleman

✗Opposing Perspectives

I was doing a show at the National Youth Theatre, playing an old man. Before that I had played fat clowns and I thought, 'If I want to have the career I would like, I am going to have to lose weight.' I was just starting drama school, and found I was moving around a lot. I also started to eat sensibly. The weight just dropped off.

— Harry Melling