Rosario Dawson on Dieting: I Say, Eat the Cookie!

Rosario Dawson may be buff, but she says in a new interview that she doesn't obsess about her diet.

"I don't understand people starving themselves to look good," Dawson tells the British edition of Elle in its June issue. "You might look cute in those jeans for one year of your life, but you might take 10 years off your life if you're not careful. It's not healthy."

Adds the Grindhouse star, 27: "When I see a woman who is all gaunt and emaciated, I don't think she's beautiful. She reminds me of a Chihuahua that's freezing and shaking all the time. I've never been a size zero in my life. I say if you want to eat the cookie – eat the cookie!"

Dawson says women shouldn't compare themselves to famous people: "Most of the time [celebrities] don't look like that. My pictures get air-brushed. We're in the business of illusion."