Jameela Jamil Quotes

Jameela Jamil

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : February 25, 1986

I was born partially deaf and suffered from labyrinthitis, which affected my balance. I had numerous ear infections and spent my childhood in and out of hospital having operations.

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Initially I struggled to find gluten-free products, but things have gradually improved, and now retailers like Holland & Barrett - with their new Free From range - are starting to cater for celiacs.

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A lot of the things that happened to me came out of the blue, but I'm exactly the same person now as I was when I was sick. I'm still a very optimistic person.

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It might seem a psychotic, insane thing, quitting a job after I'd built a great career over eight years, but it was a wake-up call. All too often we ignore those, forget that we don't know how long we're here for and that we need to make the most of every moment.

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Sometimes gluten is even added to chips, which is really annoying.

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Restaurants don't cater properly for celiac sufferers, and neither do supermarkets.

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I became allergic to virtually all fruits and vegetables, and my weight tumbled. I am 5ft. 10in. but dropped to just 8 st. 7lbs.

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Women's bodies have always been used as a spectacle and objectified.

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I'm not trying to prove myself, and I'm not trying to shock anyone.

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When I stepped into the industry, I was dealt this bizarre persona of being this sarcastic fashionista 'it girl' who is friends with loads of celebrities. That couldn't be further from the truth.

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You see the music videos and the bling and the cars, but all of that goes home at the end of the shoot. They make nothing because there's less and less money in the music industry.

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I was a model scout. I was never a model, but they just dropped the scout.

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I was interviewing Daniel Craig and Naomie Harris for a Bond film a few years ago, and the moment I sat down, my dress ripped. No more bodycon numbers for me. I had to walk out of the room backwards when I was done.

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I've been amazingly lucky, and believe me, I don't take anything for granted.

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I've had versions of disability my whole life, first with my hearing and then when I couldn't walk for over a year.

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I was always very quiet, and I think everyone thought that was because I was a good child. I'd sit there in silence, but it wasn't until my mother was calling me one day when I was very young that she realised something was wrong because I wasn't responding.

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I was so overwhelmed by the amazing response I had from thousands of women saying they felt beautiful in my first collection, I wanted to design more clothes they could love themselves in.

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The concept of plus-size is so derogatory and weird. What does that mean? Plus the normal size? It shouldn't exist any more.

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I was 23 and saw my face on the side of the big T4 bus at V Festival and almost fainted.

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I'm acting in a new show on NBC with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson, which is definitely the scariest thing I've ever done.

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