"A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy"
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The subtext is about power and authorship. Physique is often treated as something you earn for other people’s approval, a public-facing project constantly scored by cameras, casting calls, and gossip sites. Confidence, by contrast, is internal leverage: it signals comfort, autonomy, and the ability to set the terms of desire rather than just audition for it. Fox is quietly rewriting the script women are handed in entertainment culture, where “sexy” gets reduced to measurements and youth. Her definition makes sexiness less about being consumed and more about being in control of how you’re read.
Context matters here: as an actress who came up through eras of especially rigid beauty standards, Fox is also selling a kind of survival wisdom. Confidence is the trait that can outlast trends, soften the cruelty of comparison, and keep you magnetic even when the spotlight is trying to narrow you into a type. The line works because it’s both permission and strategy: stop chasing perfection; start occupying the room.
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Fox, Vivica. (2026, January 16). A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-great-figure-or-physique-is-nice-but-its-132562/
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Fox, Vivica. "A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-great-figure-or-physique-is-nice-but-its-132562/.
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"A great figure or physique is nice, but it's self-confidence that makes someone really sexy." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/a-great-figure-or-physique-is-nice-but-its-132562/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.













