Quotes About Misconception

I'm an actor, I'm not a comedian, I never was a comedian.

People tend to feel that if you're a comedian, you can't act.

People used to think I was just a shouty comic but I was doing stuff about Sartre.

I know '100 Bullets' is not what traditionally people think of as comics.

People think the effort is less in popular commercial cinema, but that's not true.

The public has this misconception that vaping is a safe alternative when compared to cigarettes.

People complain that chefs aren't at their restaurants anymore, but I don't think that's the case at all. You see them on TV and you assume they're not working but they are.

Most of the people who have complaints with me aren't reading me.

It's always so hard when people assume someone cheated or broke up a marriage, when the truth may actually be much more complicated.

It has been said that I make chick flicks. This is not a compliment.

I think a lot of people confuse what we do with fame or wanting fame... which is not necessarily true.

In this industry there's this ridiculous connotation with women shows that's it's got to be difficult, and it's not true.

People keep coming up to me and asking, 'How does it feel to be banned for life?' Banned for life. I wasn't banned for life. There was never a word of suspension, probation or ban in that agreement. It was never meant to be part of it.

'Natural' is a word that has become unmoored by its meanings. If you go into a vitamin shop, things are natural, and people look at that, and they think it's good. It's no different than any other thing you swallow.

What I find funny are peoples' blind spots. That's the funniest thing about anybody - when they just don't realize who they are. What's funny about seeing a hippo do ballet is it thinks it's a swan.

People think because they sweat, their hair is dirty. False. It's just salt and your natural oil.

I don't know if that's going to disappoint anybody out there, but I was - I have a very rigorous warmup where I get a good sweat going before a match to prepare for battle. That is what people see; that is what people mistake for dirtiness.

Everything you've heard about Canadians apologizing profusely for things they shouldn't be sorry about is absolutely true. It is both sweet, endearing and worrisome at the same time. Having someone apologize for no reason actually makes me feel as though I should apologize for their need to apologize.

People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.

Everyone has this vision of Jones as a maniacal ogre. Wrong. He was charming, sweet, and a fabulous speaker.

Honestly, I don't think I ever really was a sweet country girl. I think that was a misconception about me. I was always bad.

For some reason, Hollywood seems to have painted me as a gorgeous vixen at times or the sweet girl.

The biggest misconception is that swimming is something you do on holiday, in the pool or in the ocean.

I was born in Switzerland. Everyone thinks I'm Swiss, but I'm actually German. I'm from Germany. It's a small country. You don't have as many great actors there, of course.