"When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago"
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The kicker - “I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago” - lands like a backstage pass. It’s also a neat refusal of the classic celebrity script, where stars narrate their image as destiny. Stewart frames it as a quick-change, almost a costume swap, which slyly admits what everyone knows but rarely hears out loud: the person and the persona are on a tight schedule.
Context matters: Stewart has long been marketed as both reluctant icon and fashion fixture, a face that can sell couture while projecting anti-gloss authenticity. This quote threads that needle. It reassures fans who distrust polish (“I’m still me”) while acknowledging the industrial reality of fame (“I don’t do this alone”). The subtext is control: she’s not denying the performance; she’s naming it, which is its own kind of power in a culture that profits from pretending the performance isn’t there.
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Stewart, Kristen. (2026, January 16). When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dress-up-i-have-to-have-a-lot-of-help-i-99709/
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Stewart, Kristen. "When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dress-up-i-have-to-have-a-lot-of-help-i-99709/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"When I dress up, I have to have a lot of help. I was in a T-shirt until a few minutes ago." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/when-i-dress-up-i-have-to-have-a-lot-of-help-i-99709/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.






