Why Amy Poehler Doesn't Always Feel Beautiful

March 2024 · 1 minute read

Amy Poehler has never relied on her looks.

Though she's previously been featured in People's "Most Beautiful" issue, the Parks and Recreation actress tells the magazine that she's not a classic beauty. "In a shallow business, I just had to come to terms with being really OK with not being…symmetrical," Poehler, 43, says. "You can either spend your life trying to be [perfect], and you can tweak and nip and tuck, and then be afraid to move your face."

"There's a line between feeling healthy, strong and sexy and feeling good about yourself, and being worried about how you measure up," the Yes Please author continues. "Some days I wake up and I'm just like, 'All right, I'm feelin' really good,' and some days I loathe myself. Just like everyone else." Yes, even Poehler gets insecure. "It's so funny because it doesn't matter what you do, whether you have your picture in a magazine or you don't, there are days where you're just feeling it and other days where you look at yourself and say, 'Oh my god, who is that old woman in the store window? Oh my god, it's me!'"

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