"I actually go to the gym much more now than I did when I was on Buffy. I like to stay fit, because that's when I feel really healthy. But I never worked out for any kind of image. People have said to me, 'Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?' And I always say, 'No way.! That's what airbrushing is for. I had French fries last night.'"
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Then she punctures the whole performance with a punchline. The question she’s fielding - “Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?” - exposes how normalized disordered behavior is in entertainment, asked like it’s a scheduling detail. Her “No way” isn’t just reassurance; it’s a boundary. But she also doesn’t pretend the industry is pure. “That’s what airbrushing is for” is a dagger wrapped in a grin: an admission that the image is manufactured, that perfection is a post-production effect, not a lifestyle.
The french fries line does two jobs at once. It humanizes her (relatable appetite, low-stakes rebellion) while also telegraphing insider knowledge: you can look “effortless” on camera without living like a monk. Coming from a late-’90s/early-2000s icon, it reads like a small act of resistance against the era’s punishing thinness culture, delivered in the only language celebrity interviews reliably allow: humor.
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Gellar, Sarah Michelle. (2026, February 18). I actually go to the gym much more now than I did when I was on Buffy. I like to stay fit, because that's when I feel really healthy. But I never worked out for any kind of image. People have said to me, 'Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?' And I always say, 'No way.! That's what airbrushing is for. I had French fries last night.'. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-go-to-the-gym-much-more-now-than-i-did-88081/
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Gellar, Sarah Michelle. "I actually go to the gym much more now than I did when I was on Buffy. I like to stay fit, because that's when I feel really healthy. But I never worked out for any kind of image. People have said to me, 'Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?' And I always say, 'No way.! That's what airbrushing is for. I had French fries last night.'." FixQuotes. February 18, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-go-to-the-gym-much-more-now-than-i-did-88081/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I actually go to the gym much more now than I did when I was on Buffy. I like to stay fit, because that's when I feel really healthy. But I never worked out for any kind of image. People have said to me, 'Do you starve yourself before photo shoots?' And I always say, 'No way.! That's what airbrushing is for. I had French fries last night.'." FixQuotes, 18 Feb. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-actually-go-to-the-gym-much-more-now-than-i-did-88081/. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
