5 Times Amy Schumer Taught Us To Be Confident
Starring Amy Schumer, I Feel Pretty is an uplifting comedy that shows it’s not how the world sees you but how you see yourself that matters. I Feel Pretty is in cinemas April 19.
Amy Schumer is looking to take over cinemas once again with I Feel Pretty – a body-positive movie about a woman who takes a knock to the head, and wakes up feeling as though she is the most beautiful woman in the world.
It takes a lot of confidence to love yourself – and here are five times Amy Schumer helped us to do just that.
#1 Breaking Down Walls On Inside Amy Schumer
Amy’s break into the biz came after years of performing stand-up at comedy bars, and if that doesn’t scream ‘confident woman,’ I don’t know what does!
Her show Inside Amy Schumer is such a great example of how to be a trailblazer, bringing previously taboo topics – such as body image, consent and tampons – to light. It takes someone who is super comfortable within themselves to break down those walls, and Amy does it with ease – inspiring us to be confident enough to have those uncomfortable conversations.
#2 Her Role In Trainwreck
Amy’s movie Trainwreck was the breakout smash of 2015, and launched our girl Schumes into the stratosphere.
How could we forget that John Cena cameo? And that ICONIC cheerleading sequence? But throughout the movie, Amy addressed a million relatable themes: family sickness, sibling tension, and true love.
The message of the movie is that to love someone else, you have to love yourself first. It can be hard to work on that, but with strong women like Amy Schumer helping lead the way, through representing the struggles of real women on the silver screen, we are already halfway there.
#3 Her Style
Amy once said that her confidence stems from looking in the mirror and liking what she sees – which can be rare. Her style isn’t so much centered around wearing the latest trends, but rather loving the skin that she is in.
In fact, Amy’s surefire style choices inspire us all to wear whatever we want… with 100% confidence. She embodies the idea that style is about wearing what makes you feel good on the inside… haters be damned!
#4 Her Social Media Activity
As we are all well aware, it takes a lot to bare it all on social media. But Amy blasts away any insecurity by posting makeup and filter-free posts of her enjoying herself, often with family and her adorbs pup Tati.
To be the most authentic version of yourself on platforms like Instagram and Facebook, amidst all those perfect-looking shots, truly takes guts.
#5 Her Stand-Up
Amy Schumer is living her best life, and she got her start from being a stand-up comic. We really can’t even comprehend how much confidence it takes to get up, in front of a room full of strangers, night after night.
Women in comedy are in the minority, and historically that has always been the case; however, women such as Amy – along with Tina Fey, Amy Poelher, and Aussie comics like Celia Pacquola, are showing us how to have to the bravery to follow our dreams, and revamp those typically male-dominated fields.
Watch the new clip from I FEEL PRETTY, in cinemas April 19.
(Lead Image: ‘I Feel Pretty’ eOne)