Quotes About Self-image

I told her I didn't wear makeup. She said, "That's a mistake.

We can change what people see when they look at us by what we believe about ourselves.

Every civilized man or woman has, I suppose, some picture of himself or herself, and is annoyed when anything happens that seems to spoil this picture. The best cure is to have not only one picture, but a whole gallery, and to select the one appropriate to the incident in question. If some of the portraits are a trifle laughable, so much the better; it is not wise to see oneself all day long as a hero of high tragedy.

Every civilised man or woman has, I suppose, some picture of himself or herself, and is annoyed when anything happens that seems to spoil this picture. The best cure is to have not only one picture, but a whole gallery, and to select the one appropriate to the incident in question. If some of the portraits are a trifle laughable, so much the better; it is not wise to see oneself all day long as a hero of high tragedy.

It's what we believe about ourselves that determines how others see us.

Having had a reputation for being sexy is a great prop to lean on now.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

I don't consider myself a martial-arts star. I'd be offended and disappointed if I got a reputation as a martial-arts star.

People think I like to expose my body. But I don't. It's just because the dance moves require it.

I see my large nose, like half an avocado. I broke it falling downstairs when I was six, and it now resembles a large blob of play-dough.

I have this phobia: I don't like mirrors. And I don't watch myself on television. If anything comes on, I make them shut it off, or I leave the room.

In France, the image I had was of a shy girl - a poor lonely girl and not too good-looking. When I went to England, I had another image. I felt the journalists were much more interested in my looks than in my songs.

I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention!

I don't like selling myself. It's a sort of shy arrogance.

I was just so sick. I thought that orange juice was going to make me fat.

I'm sick of having red hair, but people seem to like that aesthetic.

I wasn't, like, pretty enough to be the ingenue; I wasn't 'character' enough to be the goofball sidekick. I'm kind of ethnically ambiguous.

I always loved playing the sidekick, and that's what I expected - I didn't think I was pretty enough or diva enough to play the lead.

I used to ask my mom to try and shave my head on the sides to give me a receding hairline because Adam Ant had one.

I'm 38, and everyone is making a big deal out of it because I got a few gray hairs cropping in my sides.

I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that.

I can't bear to see myself even in movies. The feeling is complex. I can't stand the sight of myself.

I was obsessed with my lips and used to think, 'They're not big enough!' Looking, back, I'm totally embarrassed. I'd lost sight of what a normal face looked like.

I try not to assign labels to myself. Sometimes I shop in the plus section, and sometimes I don't. I feel we attach too much significance to labels, and ultimately, it doesn't really matter.