Sex Symbol Quotes & Sayings

I'm not really the sex symbol type. — Kaitlin Olson

I am not a sexy woman, I'm not beautiful, I'm not a sex kitten, I don't flirt with people, yet I've been tagged more of sex symbol than women who truly are and I that's solely because I don't reveal too much: people are curious. — Shirley Manson

I know I walk a fine line between being a respected actor and being what they call a sex symbol. — Eva Mendes

But most of us who aren't models aren't models, right? And so, you just have to get used to that and sort of read right past it. So. On the sex symbol piece, I don't get that piece. On the personality piece, that people are excited to meet a leader from Mozilla - maybe there's more about meeting me personally than I give credit for, but I find that people are excited about what Mozilla is, more than 'Oh my god, there's Mitchell, look, her hair,' whatever. — Mitchell Baker

I have no illusions at all about being a sex symbol. None of my former girlfriends ever thought of me that way, and I don't have any packs of women chasing me down the street like a Brad Pitt or someone like that. — Tobey Maguire

I've always just simply seen myself as an actor. And I believe that it serves me well to just think in terms of my craft. If hypothetically, I saw myself only as a sex symbol, or as some other limited stereotype, I think I would feel like a complete failure. — Viola Davis

I read that I'm supposed to be Hollywood's new sex symbol . I think I'm the most unsexy thing that ever was. I'm open for everything of course, but I'm certainly not aware of being sexy. — Sharon Tate

You're a sex symbol," she began.
"Thanks for noticing. — Karina Bliss

I wish you to understand that there is one man, and only one, for each woman, and one woman only for each man. When those two meet they fly together and are one through all the endless chain of existence. Until they meet all unions are mere accidents which have no meaning. Sooner or later each couple becomes complete. It may not be here. It may be in the next sphere where the sexes meet as they do on earth. Or it may be further delayed. But every man and every woman has his or her affinity, and will find it. Of earthly marriages perhaps one in five is permanent. The others are accidental. Real marriage is of the soul and spirit. Sex actions are a mere external symbol which mean nothing and are foolish, or even pernicious, when the thing which they should symbolize is wanting. Am I clear? — Arthur Conan Doyle

The sex symbol thing's a little bit different for me. Usually, like whenever there's a picture of me, there's always this set of things that comes out like, 'Oh my god, she's so ugly.' — Mitchell Baker

And in a flash I understood the meaning of sex. It is a craving of mingling of consciousness, whose symbol is the mingling of bodies. Every time a man and a woman slake their thirst in the strange waters of the other's identity, they glimpse the immensity of their freedom. — Colin Wilson

When people say, 'You're perceived as a sex symbol,' I love the idea of that because it's so absurd. — James Nesbitt

I didn't know I was a sex symbol in the U.K., but if I am, then I'm flattered. — Jessie Pavelka

I was shocked into the realization that I myself had played an unwitting role as a movie star and sex symbol in perpetrating the stereotypes that affected women all over the world. — Jane Fonda

You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol. — Idris Elba

Nearly all ancient peoples worshiped sex in some form and ritual, and not the lowest people but the highest expressed their worship most completely [ ... ]. The sexual character and functions of primitive deities were held in high regard, not through any obscenity of mind, but through a passion for fertility in women and in the earth. Certain animals, like the bull and the snake, were worshiped as apparently possessing or symbolizing in a high degree the divine power of reproduction.
The snake in the story of Eden is doubtless a phallic symbol, representing sex as the origin of evil, suggesting sexual awakening as the beginning of the knowledge of good and evil, and perhaps insinuating a certain proverbial connection between mental innocence and bliss. — Will Durant

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act. — Diora Baird

I'm a hard worker, very driven, and have never expected anything to come easily. My yoga, a great rejuvenator, helped me to live down my image - this sex symbol thing. It helps me connect with myself. — Raquel Welch

If being a sex symbol means you have lots of sex, then I am glad to be a sex symbol. But in real life I'm not. That doesn't happen. — Diego Luna

You may not think I'm a sex symbol, but I became a father at the age of 48. Now young people think of me as a mini-folk hero because it's difficult for them to believe a man of my age is sexually active. — Bob Newhart

I know I have sex appeal, but I've never felt like an actual sex symbol. Fans sometimes think I am. The majority of them are sweet about it, but occasionally somebody weird becomes totally fixated upon me. — Teena Marie

I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol. — Carla Gallo

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me. — Jeri Ryan

Being a sex symbol was rather like being a convict. — Raquel Welch

I never feel like I am "using" a voice, rather I am listening to a voice and recording it as faithfully as it comes to me and as I can. I think that the female sex is much maligned, even in our supposedly sexually "open" society. It is the site of a woman's pleasure, and the source of (most) children's entry into the world, and an ancient symbol of power and fecundity, and we are directly or indirectly told in modern times that it's dirty, shameful, ugly, odorous, and to be hidden away. — Micheline Aharonian Marcom

It's funny, this - so many words to describe the same thing," she smiled..."Penis is simply an anatomical appendage, as exciting as a finger or a phalange. A willy is something small and flaccid, and at least slightly humorous. Prick is the organ as viewed with distaste, perhaps with so much as to describe the entire body it's attached to, like a dick, but more so. Phallus is a symbol of fertility, but my favourite...is the cock, which is only ever the hard, real thing, unleashed and ready to dive head-first into any waiting orifice. Or hole, while I'm in thesaurus mode. — Morgana Blackrose

Me being an ant, at her mountain, I would have tried my best for my voice to reach her peak. But our timing was off, and she hid her pain as stars in clouds. If I had the chance, I would have saved her from all the truths and lies. — Anthony Liccione

I never think of myself as any kind of sex symbol, but I get letters from all over, all sorts. It's really cool. I get a lot from inmates, which is kind of scary. But the best was the guy who wanted to send me a plane ticket to fly me to his prom. — Laura Prepon

I'm not a big fan of trying to be a sex symbol or any of that stuff because I really like the music to speak for itself. — Skylar Grey

People used to come knocking on my door saying, 'Your trouble is that you're a sex symbol who doesn't do enough sexy things.' I'd say to myself, 'You think that if you pressure me I'll fold.' But if I did it, all it would mean is that I sold out. — Raquel Welch

Of course I'm going to be labeled as a sex symbol. I made my bed, and I'm sleeping in it. — Miranda Kerr

Fidel Castro becomes a Sex Symbol
"After entering Havana on January 8, 1959 as the conquering hero, women threw themselves at the normally quiet Fidel Castro. Much to his own surprise, he became a sex symbol and was tempted by the many bikini-clad young ladies at the as the conquering hero, women threw themselves at the normally quiet Fidel. Much to his own surprise, he became a sex symbol and was tempted by the many bikini-clad young ladies at the hotel pool of the Hotel Nacional de Cuba. Errol Flynn, the famous movie star and ladies' man of that era, met Castro and had a number of Hollywood beauties with him, expecting to make a movie in Havana. For the most part Fidel was preoccupied with the affairs of government, but he always made time for the chosen few. — Hank Bracker

I'll never accept that I'm a sex symbol. That will mean that someone is a bit too fond of himself. If it happens, I think it's certainly going to be odd. People shouldn't see me as a sex symbol. I'm really just Henry. I'm just telling a story. I could be playing an incredibly unpleasant character who's not sexually attractive at all in my next movie. So I've no expectations at all. — Henry Cavill

Spock was the sex symbol. A lot of people think it was Kirk. But, no, it was really Spock. — Jolene Blalock

Burt Reynolds, great sex symbol of the movies, who said, I owe it all to one great part. Never got a dinner! — Red Buttons

I was in Asia and people asked me about being considered sex symbol. I don't know if that's good or not, because where I come from, sex isn't something you're allowed to talk about. — Bai Ling

That whole sex symbol thing I never took seriously to begin with. Thank goodness, or I'd be suffering right now because it's out of your hands what happens to you with age. — Bo Derek

I, the great and powerful D.S. will create a harem for all the women in the world!!!! For a woman, no greater joy exists in the entire universe than to fuck me, the ultimate sex symbol!!! — Kazushi Hagiwara

As a sex symbol, I don't know what is appealing to women. I think it's the way you treat women that makes you sexy if you like. — Ray Winstone

My family was very conservative, and I had a traditional upbringing. I was not brought up to be a sex symbol, nor is it in my nature to be one. The fact that I became one is probably the loveliest, most glamorous and fortunate misunderstanding. — Raquel Welch

I hate the whole reluctant sex-symbol thing. It's such bull. You see these dudes greased up, in their underwear, talking about how they don't want to be a sex symbol. — Ben Affleck

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I just hate to be a thing. — Marilyn Monroe

It's not my plan or whatever in my life to be a sex symbol. It never is. You are who you are, but you can't help what you look like. And when you do a film, like for me, it's just not about that. I would prefer to downplay it. I prefer to downplay the sex appeal. — Jessica Biel

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor. — Randeep Hooda

Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks. Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise. — Kathleen Turner

I was always a character actress and never a sex symbol. Even when I was the leading lady, I was a character actor. — Shirley Maclaine

Bottom lines are addictive behaviours that we make a conscious choice not to repeat. For example, a recovering cocaine addict would create a bottom line that they will not use a mind- or mood-altering substance to deliberately get high. A recovering sex addict might create a bottom line not to watch pornography or not to have sex without any emotional or spiritual connection. Bottom lines are a symbol of our intentions and are very useful at a practical level to address addictions. In many recovery communities, twelve-step fellowships and addiction rehabs, there is also a concept called 'top lines'. — Christopher Dines

She knew how much I needed her. And now she was teasing, playing games. I looked at her and watched her turn into a sex symbol in front of my eyes. She did not look sweet and virginal and lovely anymore. I looked at the very simple summer dress and saw breasts and belly and hips. I looked at her eyes and saw lust as naked as my own. — Lawrence Block

I wasn't a sex symbol, I was a sex zombie. — Veronica Lake

If you're not a sex symbol, you're in trouble. — Helen Gurley Brown

You have to be born a sex symbol. You don't become one. If you're born with it, you'll have it even when you're 100 years old. — Sophia Loren

I'm a failure as a woman. My men expect so much of me, because of the image they've made of me - and that I've made of myself - as a sex symbol. They expect bells to ring and whistles to whistle, but my anatomy is the same as any other woman's and I can't live up to it — Marilyn Monroe

A lot of talent is a gift, but a lot is also luck. I'm very aware of that. I was born in the right place at the right time. I am also blessed because I've never been a sex symbol. I'm spared the embarrassment of acting young. — Paul Simon

In terms of men I fancy, I think the actor James Franco is gorgeous. But I find it odd to be described as a sex symbol myself. — Emma Watson

I think Mick Jagger would be astounded and amazed if he realized that to many people he is not a sex symbol, but a mother image. — David Bowie

I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!' — Marina Sirtis

Myra Breckenridge is the antithesis of sex symbol. She's revolutionary; she's a warrior. — Raquel Welch

He had truly meant to pay her a compliment when he told her how different she was from "those silly young noblewomen," had truly believed that she would be flattered to be thought extraordinary from her sex. It was men like him who had made her into a symbol, had put her into this impossible position. But, in a way, that made the task easy. She knew exactly what she needed to say and do, and she even enjoyed the challenge of playing the role of his ideal: She was worthy only insofar as she oriented herself to men, like a sunflower adoring the sun. — Ken Liu

I don't have a problem being labeled a sex symbol, though I personally don't feel very sexy about myself. — John Abraham

I'm not a sex symbol. — Jenny McCarthy

I think it will be helpful to people because I know the expectations that are put on you as a sex symbol, and how Marilyn Monroe suffered and so on, and I was able to get free of that. — Kim Novak

I think of myself as an actor first, not a sex symbol. Do I think I'm sexy? No, that's someone else's judgment, and I honestly don't think you can try to be sexy and really succeed. — Tom Selleck

It's ridiculous that people call me a sex symbol. I don't feel like that at all. My daughter would get a kick out of it - she'd find it very funny. I'll take it though. I'm very humble. But it's certainly not the way I feel. — Mark Wahlberg

I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all too well: a phallic symbol. All over the world I was, as a name and personality, equated with sex. — Errol Flynn

I wake up every morning, look in the mirror and ask, 'Am I a sex symbol?' Then I go back to bed again. It's stupid to think that way. — Antonio Banderas

The whole sex-symbol thing is part of what I do as an actress. It's a kind of character I play. It's part of me, but not the whole me. — Raquel Welch

I was asked to be in Vogue but I said no. I didn't want to advertise make-up. I didn't want to be seen as a sex symbol. — Francesca Annis

I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails. — Julia Sawalha

Paul Newman is a sex symbol. — Maud Adams

God bless America - what other civilization would give Patrick Dempsey another shot to rule as a sex symbol, twenty years after 'Meatballs III: Summer Job?' His reign as Dr. McDreamy on 'Grey's Anatomy' is proof that there's nothing we love more than giving Eighties celebs a heartwarming second stab at life. — Rob Sheffield

I find the whole concept of women screaming at me so odd. It's very flattering, but I don't think I will ever consider myself to be a sex symbol. — Ed Sheeran

I don't know what it means to be a sex symbol. When I look myself on a magazine cover I don't see it as me, but as someone painted, fluffed, puffed and done up. — Jennifer Aniston

It's rather amusing at my advanced age to become a sex symbol. — John Forsythe

I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. — Liam Neeson

I really enjoy playing a sex symbol, but it's not something I feel in real life. I'm much more of a natural girl at home. — Becki Newton

If I am a sex symbol, it's certainly not in the classic sense. I'm opposed to the traditional image of a woman's role. — Nadezhda Tolokonnikova

I have always considered my career self and my personal self as two different and separate people. There's a Jayne Mansfield at home, a wife and devoted mother, and there's Jayne the sex symbol, which is my career. I have always kept them completely apart and separate. — Jayne Mansfield

I try to live my life as honestly as I can, and the last thing I want is to pretend to be something I'm not. To pretend to myself I am a sex symbol would somehow be dishonest. I'd feel, in my heart, that I were behaving artificially and that's the last thing I want to do. — Cherie Lunghi

I don't want to be known as a sex symbol. There's a great stigma that goes with that tag. I want to be a Sam Elliott. — Sam Elliott

A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. — Marilyn Monroe

I don't view myself as a sex symbol. I think beautiful people come from within and that's how I look at it. I'm definitely not sexy. — Sharon Osbourne

It's hard being the NBA's sex symbol, but somebody has to do it. — Shaquille O'Neal

I have no sense of myself as a sex symbol at all. But the meaning of sex symbol might be a little different in Japan to elsewhere. The Japanese version seems to come with a stronger emphasis on a sort of grownup or mature male charm. And if that's the case, then I guess I'm happy to hear it. — Ken Watanabe

A sex symbol? A symbol of sex? I don't think that I am a sex symbol, although it's very flattering. I'm 59, now, so I think I'm possibly past my sell-by date. I think I am. — Liam Neeson

I would never know how to sell myself as a sex symbol. That's not how I'm programmed. — Jude Law

I love being regarded as a sex symbol, but I can't take it too seriously. — John Travolta

It's not my style to either wear minimum clothes, to strip, or to even be comfortable with a sex-symbol label. I just want to do good work instead of sporting such meaningless tags. Sex sells, but to a small extent, not always. And this is what filmmakers have to accept. — Katrina Kaif

Mick Jagger, his face was very new. It became a sex symbol. — Isaac Mizrahi

I look in the mirror and I don't see a sex symbol. I just see a guy who looks like he's been beaten with a baseball bat. I mean, is this the face of a sex symbol? They say that because I work in the movies. — Javier Bardem

Being a sex symbol is a heavy load to carry, especially when one is tired, hurt and bewildered. — Clara Bow

Do I look like a sex-symbol or a pin-up boy? It's just that my father presented me like a dream. — Hrithik Roshan

How do you expect to keep our seeing each other a secret? You've been all over the news here for years. People will recognize you wherever you go."
"I won't be recognized, but you will. You're America's corporate sex symbol; you're the one whose motto is "If it moves, take it to bed."
Matt and Meredith — Judith McNaught

Patrick Stewart was the first internet sex symbol without hair but pileggi always thought it was him. — David Duchovny

I think any girl who comes to Hollywood with sex symbol or bombshell hanging over her has a rough road. — Kim Basinger

I am hoping that I can be known as a great writer and actor some day, rather than a sex symbol. — Steven Seagal

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol. — Dustin Clare

Sex without a condom was just a physical symbol of an emotional barricade destroyed. — Melanie Harlow

For lack of a better term, they've labeled me a sex symbol. It's flattering and it should happen to every bald, overweight guy. — Dennis Franz

I'm not a sex symbol. How could I be with these skinny bowlegs? — Jaclyn Smith

I don't consider myself a sex symbol. — Pia Zadora