‘True Blood’s’ Kristin Bauer: ‘As long as I’m in this business, I’m going to be hungry’
August 13, 2010 in Celebrity Quotes by Versus
We’re not getting the ‘I’m naturally thin / I don’t diet” cliche in this interview! ‘True Blood’ actress’ Kristin Bauer (36) gets real with PopEater:
You were rocking a latex dress earlier this season. Either you have good genes or I need the number of your trainer. “[laughs] During that first wardrobe fitting, I knew I would have my midriff showing. I thought, ‘I need to get serious’ and started going to ab classes more regularly.”
Is there a lot of pressure to stay thin? “The other day I realized as long as I’m in this business, I’m going to be hungry. The camera really does add 10 pounds. I’m trying to stay under the weight I want to look like on TV. It’s a good incentive to stay slim and is probably adding years to my life.”
… says Kristin.
she looks great and i think she has a hot body! its a shame the business is like that, but hey, at least shes admitting it! hopefully its not like that everywhere in the movie/tv business.
her skin looks really natural and not very botoxed, thats nice
shes so beautiful, i love her on true blood!
Great in a way that she’s being honest, but the part about staying a bit thinner than she’d like to look like, and saying that it’s probably adding years to her life… Erm.. If you really, even as an already thin person, have to fight to stay as skinny as you are, more likely than not it’s not healthy. And hungry all the time, clearly your body isn’t agreeing with your eating habits. And i’m not in the business, but how she’s saying she has to be THAT thin, kinda sounds disturbing to me, like, really, as an actress it’s a must and not a personal choice? Kudos for being honest and working hard for her body though.
It was meant to be taking lightly. I mean, there have been times when I’m cheerleading at a game and I wish I could eat. && I already have the same notion that if I’m gonna cheer, I’m gonna be hungry. But that doesn’t mean I’m starving. I disagree about being thin=adding years to your life but I have no idea about that so whatever.
And trying to stay thin is healthier than pigging out and being fat. && It is a personal choice, but its a pressured personal choice. As an actress your pressured to be skinny, so she decides thats what she’s going to be.
Actually, there are studies that support the idea that calorie restrictive diets increase lifespan and health, provided they still contain all the vitamins and minerals that the body needs. It’s getting the vitamins and minerals that’s the trick. But I think a lot of these studies were done on monkeys, etc., so quality of life is a little hard to measure.
Alot of actresses aren’t skinny. I think it is a personal choice, because that is how she wants to see herself when she watches her work on television.
I admire her honesty, although it makes me wonder. being slim means denying yourself the pleasure of a cream cake now and again, but thats not hunger. I’ve never been hungry and denied myself food, so how skinny is she???
pam is a cutie (her character) lol
so hot hehe 
oh he’s a lesbian on the show
since when does being HUNGRY add years to your life? being HEALTHY does that. And in face, there is ample scientific evidence that in the United States the people with the longest life expectancy are those who maintain a BMI between 22 – 23 throughout their adult years.
I also think it’s sad that talent does not speak for itself in the entertaining business anymore…if you are talented but not skinny enough, you will have a hard time making it, while if you are gorgeous and skinny with barely any talent you have a better shot at striking gold.
Actually, there’s solid evidence (tests on animals) that indicate that a calorie reduction (eat so much as to feel satisfied, but never really full), prolongs your lifespan.
That may be true, but most people eat too many calories. And this is evidence is not inconsistent with the findings that a BMI of 22 is ideal.
22 is the ideal? I know there’s a range, but I thought closer to 18.5 was best. Not that 22 is big at all.
anything less than 18.5 is considered to be underweight so no 18.5 is not a good place to be its like hanging of the end of a cliff
Its workable but its not the safest place to be
18.5 is good if you’re an athlete. According to Runners World magzine, 18.5 is the optimal bmi to run your fastest. Any less and you don’t have enough fat to keep your energy up — any more and the extra weight slows you down.
For people who aren’t hardcore athletes, it’s probably better to stick close to 20-22 BMI.
Who gives a crap about a damn bmi number as the “ideal”? As long as you look good and healthy! That’s all that matters. Not a number.
I have to agree.
22 is not the ideal.
When I had a BMI of 20, I was constantly ridiculed for being fat. Even my own family told me to lose weight.
I wasn’t doughey, either.
I was really fit.
i guess if you don’t care about science you shouldn’t ‘give a crap’.
Yea, your right I dont care about “science” Like I said before, you shouldn’t revolve your idea of what is good by a number, but by how you look in the mirror. People look at the same thing you see in the mirror, not the calculated BMI.
Minnie, I think you need to question ppl who would ridicule you for having a BMI of 20. Families don’t always know best….I have no idea what your bone structure or metabolism is like, but there is no way on earth someone with a BMI of 20 would be considered fat except maybe in the entertainment industry. I think you probably looked gorgeous and thin with a BMI of 20.
I was considered chubby as well with a BMI of 20.
It’s a combination of being tall and still having a super small and light bone structure. Meaning my bones weight less than average for a 5’7 girl resulting in a low BMI. I actually got the absolute go from my doctor to be “underweight” since for me a BMI of 17.5 is what is 18.5 to the average girl my height.
That shows us, we can never really guess weight , BMI and healthieness of people we don’t know personally.
i thought she looked too thin on the show..like just against her natural body type. But she does have to play a vampire, they want them to have a lean and hungry look!
Yeah — honestly I think she’d look better if she gained 10-15 lbs — but then, she is playing a dead woman on tv. And it’s not like she’s underweight, so if that’s how she wants to look, more power to her.
Honesty I could care less what her character looks like as long as she keeps delivering those hilarious lines in that perfect deadpan of hers.
Wow. I find it unacceptable that she has to or thinks she has to remain hungry as long as she wants to work in the industry. Is there really no way for her to have a healthy, fulfilling diet and still be on television? And although I don’t know many biological facts about this subject, I find it impossible to believe that a diet that keeps you hungry is healthy.
This quote is the mentality that makes many actresses (myself included) develop eating disorders. My recovery (documented on my blog) is proof that it just isn’t true.
I understand how the camera can add ten pounds but I have noticed that in HD everyone looks so much thinner. I guess high definition is closer to real life so you see people at their real weight not all stretched out. May be once everyone has switched to HD actresses will actually weigh more.
Riiigght cause starving yourself adds years to your life. Musta forgotten that one. WHO THE EFF SAYS THAT?! What a loser.
I fail to see how being purposefully underweight adds years to your life…or why it’s something to boast about. Doesn’t she have a better message for the women and girls that watch her show?
She’s not underweight……… and is not “boasting” about it either.
How can being hungry add years to your life? Just wondering…..