Daily Inspiration Quote by Victoria Principal

There’s a quiet act of rebellion in that “and I like it.” Victoria Principal isn’t confessing; she’s opting out. Coming from an actress whose fame peaked in an era when Hollywood treated women’s bodies as both product and plotline, the line reads like a refusal to keep auditioning for an invisible panel of judges. The phrase “a few pounds” is deliberately casual, almost dismissive, as if to say: this is not a crisis, and I won’t perform it as one.

What makes the quote work is its soft defiance. “Softer” is a loaded word in celebrity culture, usually deployed as a euphemism for decline, loss of discipline, or “letting yourself go.” Principal flips it into a preference, even a pleasure. She’s not begging for permission to age; she’s asserting taste. That matters because women in entertainment are trained to talk about their bodies in the grammar of apology: blame, before-and-after, redemption arc. Principal chooses satisfaction instead.

The context isn’t just personal aging; it’s a media ecosystem that profits off women’s anxiety, selling “ageless” as a moral virtue. By embracing softness, she’s also embracing time - the idea that a body can change without needing a storyline of correction. It’s not a manifesto, and that’s the point. The understatement is the weapon: normalizing contentment where the culture expects punishment.