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11 Celebrity Quotes About Photoshop Because Everyone Agrees: "People Don't Look Like That"

It's hard to tell what's real nowadays with all the different photo editing technologies. This, coupled with the already high standards of what "beauty" is from the media, have both celebrities and regular folks feeling more pressure than ever. Many celebrities have spoken out about the use of Photoshop. Some want people to know, without a doubt, that Photoshopped photos are not an accurate representation of anyone. Others do not want Photoshop to take all the credit for their dieting and fitness work. And there are some that fall in between. What do your favorite stars think about the photo editing technology?

by Marenah Dobin

Kate Winslet

“The retouching is excessive. I do not look like that and more importantly I don’t desire to look like that,” she said of a her 2003 cover issue of GQ. “I actually have a Polaroid that the photographer gave me on the day of the shoot… I can tell you they’ve reduced the size of my legs by about a third. For my money it looks pretty good the way it was taken.” Good for Kate Winslet speaking up and being proud of her body.

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Lorde

“I find this curious - two photos from today, one edited so my skin is perfect and one real. remember flaws are ok :-)” Lorde tweeted this message along with the two side-by-side photos. Good for her, I couldn’t even write a message like this on my hottest day, and Lorde is only 17 years old!

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Kim Kardashian

“It sucks when people make up surgery or photoshop lies when I am so disciplined & work so hard! Just trying to motivate others & show anyone struggling with weight they can totally achieve whatever they want if they are dedicated!” — Kim Kardashian telling the world via Twitter not to let special effects take all the credit for her famous physique.

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Ashley Benson

“Saw this floating around….hope it’s not the poster. Our faces in this were from 4 years ago…..and we all look ridiculous. Way too much photo shop. We all have flaws. No one looks like this. It’s not attractive,” Ashley Benson wrote as the caption for a Pretty Little Liars promotional photo on Instagram. It’s great to see her calling out excessive Photoshopping when she has so many adolescent fans.

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Andy Roddick

“Little did I know I have 22-inch guns and a disappearing birthmark on my right arm,” tennis star Andy Roddick wrote on his personal blog after seeing a highly photoshopped picture of himself on a Men’s Fitness cover. “I saw the cover for the first time when I landed in Rome. It was pretty funny. Maybe Rafael Nadal wants his arms back?” It’s nice to see that women are not the only ones who have issues with photo editing.

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Jessica Simpson

“It’s interesting to see yourself Photoshopped — it’s the perfect version of yourself according to each editor. You think, ‘Oh they don’t like that mole, or that bump in my nose.’ Even I look at an airbrushed photo and think I wish I was as beautiful as that picture of me,” Jessica Simpson said making it clear that seeing Photoshopped photos of yourself can make you question your self-confidence.

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Keira Knightly

Keira Knightly had a humorous reaction to her chest being enhanced in promotional material for her movie King Arthur: ”I remember we had an interesting discussion when they said, ‘We want to make them slightly larger and you’ll get approval’ and I was like, ‘OK, fine. I honestly don’t give a s–t.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t mind you making them bigger, but don’t give me droopy breasts. They look like your grandmother’s t–s.’”

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Jennifer Lawrence

“I love Photoshop more than anything in the world. Of course it’s Photoshop; people don’t look like that.” — Jennifer Lawrence’s candid reaction to her own Dior ads. Gotta love the honesty.

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Tina Fey

“Photoshop is just like makeup. When it’s done well it looks great, an when it’s overdone you like a crazy asshole.” —Tina Fey explaining that less is more when it comes to a little visual enhancement in her book Bossypants.

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Coco Rocha

“You see a model walk down the street and she’s wearing jeans and a t-shirt, no makeup, her hair down, and she looks like a regular girl. For me just to look ‘natural’ in a photo takes two hours of hair and makeup, good lighting, styling, and Photoshop – and six hours later, you have the picture. But when I go home, it’s just me with no makeup, pimples, and a pair of baggy pants. That’s life — the rest is fantasy.” — supermodel Coco Rocha keeping it real for her younger fans in a Seventeen interview.

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Gisele Bündchen

In an interview with Fashionista, Gisele Bündchen , a supermodel who is essentially Photoshopped for a living, had some refreshing words to say about a photographer she worked with: “I love that feeling of, you know, we are women, we are so different, our imperfections are what make us unique and beautiful. He gets that. He’s not trying to retouch you or put a pretty light on you. He’s not like ‘you gotta look a certain way.’ He’s like, ‘you are you’ so now I’m gonna just be here with a camera, so express yourself how you like.”

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