Top 54 Quotes & Sayings by Ariel Winter

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Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Ariel Winter

Ariel Winter Workman is an American actress, voice actress and singer. She starred as Alex Dunphy in the ABC comedy series Modern Family, for which she and her co-stars won four consecutive Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble in a Comedy Series. She also voiced the titular character in the Disney Junior show Sofia the First and Penny Peterson in the 2014 animated film Mr. Peabody and Sherman.

Social media and I have had a very tumultuous relationship.
I started in the industry when I was 4 years old, but I started in the spotlight when I was 11 years old, when I got 'Modern Family.'
I definitely want to continue being an actress. I love it. The reason I'm going to college is because I do want knowledge in another field. College isn't the college experience for me. I'm not going to be in a sorority. I'm not going to network. I'm not even really going to make my lifelong friends.
People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice. — © Ariel Winter
People forget that everyone has feelings, regardless of their career choice.
I've had the career experience. I've had the experience of taking care of myself. I'm going to college because I genuinely want to learn.
The Internet bullies are awful.
Working with Sofia Vergara and growing up with her was great because she was, you know, a really amazing, curvy role model for me. She helped me learn to accept the way I looked and love it and dress for it and feel good about myself.
I'm that person who takes a makeup wipe at the end of the night to take all my makeup off. I don't sleep in makeup; I think it's so bad.
I'm very conscious about the way I treat people because I was never really taught to treat people in a respectful or kind way. I never really saw that role model, so for me, that made me just want to be the opposite of what I had and treat people the opposite of the way I saw other people treat other people.
I'm pretty smart with boys. I know how to handle them and I know what to do around them.
I have my routine of going to the gym, and I try my best to eat healthy and do what I do. I see my friends, hang out. I kind of just have a routine of a nice balance in my life of everything; I don't really think about protein shakes.
Even though I wish I had a better childhood, I wouldn't trade it, because it made me who I am today. I still respect the people that hurt me.
I think people make a lot of judgments about me based on what I wear and all the things that I do.
I love when I go on set every day, because the camera people teach me camera terms and grip terms - I learn all these new terms from different people on the set and leave feeling all cool about myself when I go out places.
When I am not working, I go to the movies, text my friends, my thumbs are faster than lightening on that keyboard!, write songs, sing, dance, Facebook, Twitter and spend time with my besties. I am also a songwriter and I love to write about my life experiences.
I went through a lot of hate online, so I tried to change myself for a really long time. But people just kept hating on me no matter what I did. I decided that instead of pleasing these other people, I'll just spend that time pleasing myself.
My life has definitely changed since 'Modern Family.' The show has made me more responsible, I really want to be a good role model for all kids so I have to think about what I say and do and how it looks to other kids!
With comedy, don't try to be funny. That's really helped me. Just say the lines as you would say them, interact with other characters, and try to make it as real as possible. It will come out funny.
I had body insecurities when I was younger. I still do. — © Ariel Winter
I had body insecurities when I was younger. I still do.
I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.
I take breaks from social media periodically because I think it is healthy to walk away and focus on the life that's in front of you instead of the life happening on your screen.
Growing up in the spotlight was quite possibly the worst for my self-esteem. I had a hard time finding confidence within myself.
My sister, Shanelle, is so supportive and loving. She's my best friend in the world.
I have two lovely parents who support everything I do, two siblings, and three beautiful nieces. My house is always filled with laughter and fun!
All I've ever wanted is to be normal.
It was really helpful for me when I moved in with my sister, because she's the type of person that is confident in her body. I look up to her so much.
Mental illness doesn't need to be hidden or glorified. It should be normalized to where people feel comfortable sharing with their families and friends and know they're not alone. By opening up about my struggle, I'm hoping I can help someone who feels like they don't know what to do or when they can't accept their situation.
Filming a movie is different from a TV show because film is a lot quicker, you get to see the character progress and grow all in one script, and in television, you wait for a weekly update on each character.
If you're happy, if you're confident, that's all that matters.
If I go on dates, my mom is always with me. She's always there making sure I'm all right. Like if I go to see a movie with a boy, she'll go to dinner next door.
I've seen young actresses have major falls from their career, and that's just not what I want.
Female empowerment really is important to me. I'm a big nerd of the books from the 15th Century and 16th Century, when the men had all the power and the women had none of it.
Be your own person and don't listen to anyone who says differently. We are all unique!
I'm always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. That's how I roll.
With what I've gone through, I think it's really important to become a voice for abuse victims who have no voice. I want to be able to make a difference.
I love learning. — © Ariel Winter
I love learning.
I'd describe my look as girly-edgy. I like black nail polish and eyeliner, but I'll wear them with pink shoes.
Having every little aspect of your life in the public eye is really hard because it leaves more room for criticism, and I just want to live.
I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.
I want to be the kind of actress where, if I'm in the press, I'm in for the right reasons - for my work. To be in the press about family drama is kind of embarrassing.
My mother wanted to name me Jackie or Jacqueline but she got to name my sister and my brother, so my dad and my brother insisted on naming me. And they were big fans of 'The Little Mermaid.'
I'm pretty open. I like doing different things.
We as women need to empower each other.
It was an instant weight lifted off my chest - both literally and figuratively.
It's really unfortunate that instead of focusing on the really important issues in our world, Donald Trump chooses to make personal attacks on people.
There's a confidence you find when you finally feel right in your body.
People like to clap back at the people who speak out most.
I've been the target of haters for so long, for so many years. Ever since I was a kid and I first started the show.
It's incredible when women tell me that they've read things that I've said or have been inspired by things that I've done. To hear them say that because of something I did, they felt more positive about themselves and or had more of a voice to stand up for things that were right. It's been empowering for me to be able to help other women feel that way about themselves.
No matter what you look like or think you look like, you're special and loved and perfect just the way you are.
I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice. — © Ariel Winter
I want to continue to speak out on issues that matter to me. I want to have even more of a voice.
Young women grow up in a really negative world today online and in person.
Im always practicing lines, researching, trying to be fresh, and fully trying to become the characters I play. Thats how I roll.
I love when I get stories of young women that have overcome things such as birth defects that they've been hated on for or even just their own body confidence stories.
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