Quotes About Self-perception

I worried I was a boyish shape. I always thought I might grow some, but it never happened.

I'm really not worried about my image overall.

My dad used to say, 'You wouldn't worry so much about what people thought about you if you knew how seldom they did.

We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do.

I often worry that my idea of personhood is nostalgic, irrational, inaccurate.

The photo shoot I always feel a bit embarrassed about because I don't really know what to do with myself, but they usually don't use a bad photo, so you can't worry too much. So my main concern is that I just look a bit more like myself.

Examining other people's motivations, other people's language and other people's way of interacting is much more fascinating to me than spending a lot of time worrying about my own. I've said, 'What other people think of me is none of my business.'

I never worry about fat people worrying about thin people, because slender people bury the dead.

Am I an anxious guy? I think I have been called upon as an actor a lot to access emotions like that. But I don't really think I am a big worrier. I don't see myself like that. But I guess other people do. Which is maybe worrying in itself.

Most people, it seems, stretch the truth to make themselves seem more impressive. I, it seems, stretch the truth to make myself look worse.

For better or worse, I don't necessarily categorize myself as a method actor; I'm not going to make claims that I stayed in character 24/7.

If they didn't call you a tough guy, then what else would they call you? Something worse than that? I'm playing parts, and if they call you that, it's because I played the part right.

I've always said that your attitude is your best friend and your worst enemy.

I am always the source of the worst rumors about myself.

I'm the worst on facts about me or facts about the Beatles.

Do I mind being called a chick-lit writer? Well, it's not the worst thing that could happen.

I just constantly tell myself that I should be the only one to define my worth and what I'm capable of and how I perceive myself. And that I should never source that worth from other people, especially strangers on social media. They don't know who I am, the length of my journey, who I am as a person.

People who know how much they're worth aren't usually worth that much.

'Tis very great pity that they who are so apt to over-rate themselves in smaller matters, shou'd, where it most concerns them to know, and stand upon their Value, be so insensible of their own worth.

I was never the best-looking guy; I was never the Tom Cruise-looking guy.

For choice, I prefer not to be a public figure. I don't have Tom Cruise's good looks. I don't have a need to be on the front page of fill-in-the-blank.

I was thin and didn't realize how small I was - I was, like, 96 pounds when I got signed. You don't want to be 96 pounds. It's not attractive. I didn't know how to do my hair and makeup. I was such a tomboy.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I had no interest in fashion when I was younger. I was such a tomboy.