In an interview with You magazine "The Counselor" star, Cameron Diaz, revealed that she feels that girls are under too much pressure to "look good."
While working on the set of the new film adaptation of "Annie," Diaz attempts to teach the young ladies to value more than just "being pretty."
"On the set of Annie, we have all these little super-sweet girls who are extras and they come up to me and say, 'Oh Cammie, you are so pretty, your hair is so pretty, your clothes are so pretty.' And that’s sweet, but it worries me that girls are conditioned to value themselves and judge each other by the way they look. I try to let them know that being 'pretty' will not sustain them." said "The Counselor" actress.
Instead of complimenting her young co-stars on their looks, Diaz makes it her duty to inquire on their academics.
"I resist that instinctive urge to say, 'Oh, you are so cute' and instead ask, 'What grade are you in at school?' or 'What is your favorite subject?' Because every time we address our daughters or our nieces by saying, 'You look lovely today' we are reinforcing the idea that the most important thing for a woman is to look good," she said.
In her new lifestyle guide, "The Body Book," Diaz confessed that she dealt with the battle of body image during her acting career.
"I had such bad acne that I spent half my time trying to hide from my friends, from the cameras, from everyone," she said in the book. "So I wrote the book for my 16-year-old self, who I look back on and think, 'Why didn’t I know these things back then?'"
