Quotes About Beauty

Of course, people told me, 'Mikey, you will never be an actor. You don't have the look. You're ugly.'

Humanity has both its beautiful and its ugly sides.

There is no cure for ugly, but you can make yourself into a human optical illusion.

In my books, there is no 'ugly duckling turning into a beautiful swan' syndrome because if you look at the Hansel and Gretel syndrome, it was a mistake. It wasn't a duckling, it was a cygnet, and that's why it turned into a swan. The duckling should with any luck turn into a nice clucking duck and get on with its life. Cluck! Cluck! Cluck!

We both can be the most beautiful and benevolent creatures on the planet, but then there's another side that can be as harsh and as ugly as the darkest thing you could imagine seeing.

There are few plants that are ugly. It's how you use them that may not be pretty.

You wouldn't ask Rodin to make an ugly sculpture, or me to make a film with an ugly woman.

What motivates me in art is the ugly and beautiful nature of the truth. It has to be truthful and honest, even if it is ugly and grotesque.

I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

Purity of the spirit is important. A lot of people don't focus on what's going on inside, and no matter what they look like, even sometimes when people do all this wonderful work or they are blessed naturally to look good on the outside, if their spirit is ugly - I don't care how fine you are, if you're ugly on the inside, then you're uglier.

Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.

When I was very young I was the ugly duckling. I had a lot of complexes. My sister was wonderful and I was nothing.

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

I am not perfect! When I was a little girl I thought I was ugly. My nose was too big for my face.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

It would have been difficult to have an ugly daughter.

I have never met an ugly woman.

An ugly woman with an ugly gun is a terrible thing.

I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.

I think it's a little irresponsible for women who choose surgery to then say they can portray the average woman on the street, because if the average woman can't afford those treatments, then she's going to say, 'I'm 53 and I don't look like that,' and start thinking she's ugly or inadequate.

I grew up feeling like the ugly duckling, and things have not changed that much.

I'm cool with the way I look, I'm not an ugly dog, but I don't see myself as a stud or anything.

Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.