68 Quotes by Cameron Russell

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.

My favorite outfit is baggy black corduroy pants and a baggy T-shirt.

Usually, TED only invites the most accomplished and famous people in the world to give talks.

Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.

We can't just pay attention to women who look fantastic in a photograph, because there are a lot of people that have fantastic things to say that don't look like 25-year-old white models.

Women are often worried about how they look, and that's not superficial. We know that our appearance has nothing to do with how smart, creative, or hardworking we are, but it plays powerfully into what society decides we are worth.

I'm not promoting anything totally unhealthy because I'm not unhealthy. But I am promoting an ideal that's not attainable, and for that I have to feel guilty. I have to assume some blame for that.

When I was 16, I definitely burned a couple of bridges by saying, 'I won't do this!' I was not diplomatic about it. I came to a fitting and was like, 'I don't wear fur; cancel this show!'

I have no idea what advantages I truly get, but I know people talk to me and give me time of day because they like how I look.