Quote Of The Day By Cameron Diaz: 'Faking Is Always Lame, And It Never Comes Across...'

When Cameron Diaz talks about what makes someone sexy, it's worth paying attention to. She's been considered one of Hollywood's biggest sex symbols since the late 1990s, has appeared on countless "Sexiest Women" lists, and has built a film career filled with roles that lean into her alluring screen presence. She's been doing it for three decades and still has the cameras flashing when she steps on the red carpet.

Her perspective on sexiness is even more insightful because she's one of those Hollywood stars who's candid about the pressure that comes with an identity like hers. For example, when Diaz spoke about why she quit getting Botox, she admitted to buying into societal objectifications and exploitations before choosing to embrace the real version of herself. Even if Diaz rarely rocks makeup in her private life and even if Cameron's face transformation throughout the years has never left her looking anything other than stunning, aging naturally under a spotlight isn't easy.

Wanting to feel sexy is also deeply personal. While we want to be appealing to others, most people also want to feel genuinely attractive. This is what makes Cameron Diaz's remark so captivating, and why it is today's quote of the day.

Cameron Diaz once said, "Sexy is being in the moment, whether that means being coy or coming on hard. Faking is always lame, and it never comes across the way you want it to" (via Metro UK).

Diaz's quote came during a 2018 InStyle interview following questions about her romantic life after her breakup with Justin Timberlake. Despite the somewhat misogynistic questions about her attitude towards sex and relationships, she refused to be anything other than forthright. She boldly stated that she was back to dating and was enjoying every moment of being sexy and desirable. In addition to the quote, Diaz's pride in her sexuality is something else to emulate. 

The Hollywood version of a sexy person is usually one who steps onto the stage with exaggerated alluring movements, a smoldering look, and a carefully curated aura of seduction. Consequently, if you don't see yourself in that woman, it's easy to assume that sexiness isn't in the cards for you.

However, Cameron Diaz's quote directly challenges this entire mindset. She states that enjoying being and expressing yourself at any given moment is a more compelling form of sexiness than a performed version of what you think is supposed to be sexy. Diaz explains that being sexy can mean acting coy or coming on hard, and rejects the idea that there is only one way to be sexy.

In other words, the specific expression doesn't matter. What does is if it genuinely reflects the person expressing it and if they are comfortable being themselves. Diaz ends the quote by reminding us that fakery is easy to spot and never has the intended effect.

• "As women in today's society, we are encouraged to compare ourselves to other women when what we need to do is focus on our own strengths, our own capabilities, our own beauty."
• "What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have."
• "I've tried [Botox] before, where it was like [a] little tiny touch of something. [...] I'd rather see my face aging than a face that doesn't belong to me at all."
• "There's no such thing as anti-aging. We're all aging, period. Women take it as something personal that they are getting older. They think that they failed somehow by not staying 25. This is crazy to me because my belief is that it's a privilege to get older — not everybody gets to get older."
• "Discipline is a rejection of entitlement and expectation."