Katherine Heigl Quotes

I think it's better to find somebody who's worse at everything than you. It just makes you constantly feel so good about yourself. And then, you can constantly talk about how good you are at everything, and how terrible they are at everything.

There were so many lean years. A lot of lean years.

There are still men who come up to me today and say, 'You were really hot in that film!' I was 14, for God's sake!

I have bad feet and I have weak ankles.

A girl told me my lips looked like somebody had pressed strawberry yogurt against my face.

As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.

My worst habit used to be smoking but I quit.

I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again.

I was putting so much time and energy into just my work, but I was raised [to believe] that family comes first.

Obviously my career's important to me and I'm really, really passionate about trying to keep it.

Smoking sucks! The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?'

I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

Some people think, if you're in the public eye, that you have to have an answer for everything and it has to be boring.

In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.

I'm not perfect. But clothes help. A good bra with some underwire definitely helps a lot!

Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

I still love the theology of the Mormon religion and think it is a wonderful way to grow up.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

The world is still very bigoted.

If I start going back to church, I'd have to stop the smoking and drinking, and I wouldn't be able to curse any more.

I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

I like predictability because I know what I'm getting into.

If I spread myself too thin, I'm not a good actor, I'm not a good mother, and I'm just really high-strung - and everybody hates me.

Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

So much about living life, to me, is about humility and gratitude. And I've tried very hard to have those qualities and be that person and I'm just so disappointed in myself that I allowed it to slip.

I totally wouldn't mind being able to wave my hand head to toe and have, like, a whole new outfit.

I'm terrible with patience.

The more you want it [romantic relationship], the more you are looking for it, the more you repel it for whatever reason. I don't know why. If you kind of create this vacuum, let life take its course, then you tend to free yourself up for the unexpected.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

When something disappointing happened, my mother would remind me not to let that become my focus. There's still so much to be grateful for.

My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.

Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.

A lot of children don't find forever homes because they're on that special-needs list, even if it's because of something as simple as her mother smoked cigarettes for a month, not knowing she was pregnant.

I prefer a kiss that is so much more than just a tongue in your mouth.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

My sister is Korean and my parents adopted her about three years before I was born and that is how I grew up.

It's more fun to think that there are other worlds.

I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.

We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.

I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest.

My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know.

I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

I think that I always loved being the centre of attention!

Guys are much more obvious than they think they are.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I lived in a town called New Canaan, which is just outside of Connecticut, where they are far too snobby to even mention celebrities. Many American towns are famous for things like, "See the World's Largest Ball of String!" I think my town's would probably have to be "Most Pretentious People".

I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time.

Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.

I dreamed about these moments, and I think I hoped I would have them, but you don't know. So when the lucky break hits, it's like being Cinderella and hopefully midnight doesn't come.

I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.

I'm a huge romantic comedy fan and have been in this business for 17 years and I think for all 17 I'd hoped and dreamed and wished to some day be in a romantic comedy myself.

The mouthier I got, the more I'd be celebrated.

If I wasn't in this industry, I wouldn't work out.

I don't have a lot of discipline.

I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in perspective.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

I pride myself on being kind.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I'm not out burning bras, but I'm very opinionated about women owning their power.

I never would rule out a great character or a great story. I don't care what the forum is. If I get to tell a story that I'm excited about, I'm in.

I spent so many years just saying what I felt without thinking about the ramifications, without understanding that I have this opinion but not everyone might share that opinion and now they don't like me because of it.

I'm not very good at being a wife because I break all the rules.

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

I'm grateful people think I'm beautiful or sexy, and I suppose it's better than the alternative, but I do try to fight it a bit so it's not all people see me as. And I'd love to one day be in a position where I could choose a role to showcase my creativity versus just my bra size.