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It's a well-known fact that the TV camera adds 10 pounds. I don't want to say that I've been calling my Jenny Craig consultant a lot, but I'm pretty sure I'm the first spokesperson whom they've considered filing a restraining order against.

— Ross Mathews

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

The truth is, unlike TV and film cameras, the theater stage doesn't add 10 pounds.

— Sara Ramirez

What I learned, a little too late, was that the 'traditional' Martin Short target viewer weighs under 300 pounds. Unfortunately, I was on during daytime.

— Martin Short

My weight has fluctuated my whole life, and because I've been on television since I was 11 years old, everyone has seen it.

— Sara Rue

I think I have broken the mould that actresses have to be extremely thin on screen. All those who are making my weight an issue just prove that people are jealous. These are people who have nothing to do in life except to stare at their computer screens and make comments on us.

— Sonakshi Sinha

Commercials are not the only exposure that obesity gets on TV. It is by no means a rarity on the wonderful Judge Judy's show when both plaintiff and accused all but literally fill the screen.

— Dick Cavett

I never weigh myself, but the brutal truth of television is that they don't employ old people or fat people.

— Ruby Wax

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox.

— Gene Kelly

During the course of filming 'Top Chef,' I gain 15 lbs., so I'm used to needing two dress sizes.

— Padma Lakshmi

I put on close to 60 pounds for 'Genesis,' an independent movie from New Zealand.

— Cliff Curtis

✗Opposing Perspectives

Weight is just not a hot button. In fact, during my life, it probably should have been on my radar screen a bit more. I look back at work photos and am shocked. Was I eating the people I was interviewing?! Good Lord, I was big.

— Hoda Kotb