Beauty is only skin deep. I think what’s really important is finding a balance of mind, body and spirit.

Lopez contrasts conventional, surface-level attractiveness with a more holistic ideal of well-being. By invoking the proverb “beauty is only skin deep,” she acknowledges the cultural emphasis placed on appearance—especially acute for performers whose bodies and faces are part of their public “brand.” Her pivot to “balance of mind, body and spirit” reframes beauty as an integrated state: mental health and self-understanding, physical care and vitality, and an inner or spiritual steadiness that gives meaning and resilience. The quote functions as a corrective to celebrity image culture, suggesting that lasting confidence and fulfillment come less from looks than from harmony among one’s inner life, physical self, and values.