Quotes About Image

Appearance rules the world.

Politics runs music more than talent runs music.

There are a lot of people who are trying hard to sell themselves as Russian vodkas.

I can be intense in a lot of ways, but not the way you see the guy in 'The Salvation.'

I am an archetype. There's the fat, sassy, black friend, you know? That's an archetype that exists, but that's not truly me.

People seem to think I'm Satan.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

'Scandal' is soooo Hollywood. It's not me.

When Scandal had a top 20 video, no one knew what I looked like. I had all this stuff on me.

Nobody knows what goes on behind the scenes with a YouTuber.

A lot of people behind the scenes were telling me that I was going to have to do something with my hair, my weight, all of that stuff.

It's pretty satisfying to use an image when you don't have a great articulate response. And to be able to customize emoji? Imagine if you were a car enthusiast and you were able to create a car from scratch. That's what this is like for me. I'm an emoji enthusiast.

I think people think I'm a lot younger than I am because of how I look on screen.

I never like seeing myself on screen.

Film is not literature - the image on screen is the information you get.

You try and learn from some people's mistakes. But you have to really trust the people who are working for you because they make a lot of decisions that could either do well for you or really screw up your image.

I think I have been stereotyped as an action director in Hollywood, so all I got were the action scripts.

Being in the limelight has made me more fashion forward because I am under constant scrutiny. So, I have no choice but to be fashion conscious but otherwise I am not so much into it.

The music became secondary to being rock stars.

People see me for 30 seconds at a time, and they see someone who's got a hair and make-up team that put them together, and they're looking all right in the world, but it's not.

My own saying is: 'Create the hype, but don't ever believe it.'

When I owned a hair salon back in Houston, I did a lot of makeovers. Women would come in for a new hairstyle and go out with a whole new look. I know what looks good on a woman.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.