Love & Passion Quote by Natasha Henstridge

Henstridge frames her identity in motion: not a manifesto, more like an origin story told with a shrug. “Tomboy” does the heavy lifting here, a culturally legible shortcut that signals independence, physicality, and a refusal of frills without forcing her to name any bigger politics. The language is blunt and a little defensive - “I’d hate all the girlie things” - the kind of emphasis that suggests she’s rehearsed this explanation for interviewers who want women to be either “one of the guys” or properly feminine, with little room in between.

The subtext is about permission. By insisting she “loved to be like that,” she rewrites what’s often treated as a phase or a problem into a preference: self-chosen, not accidental. Then she pivots to social dynamics: boys as best friends, “opposite sex” ease. For an actress who came up in a industry that commodifies femininity, that claim reads like both armor and branding. It implies she’s low-drama, uncomplicated, not “high maintenance” - a stereotype that plays well in media profiles, even as it quietly throws “girlie things” (and, by extension, girls) under the bus.

That final tag - “most people though!” - is the tell. It’s not true, and she likely knows it. The line is a softener, a way to universalize her difference so it doesn’t sound like rejection or a challenge to norms. She’s trying to keep the edge of her self-description while sanding down the threat it could pose in a culture that punishes women for seeming too particular.