Quotes About Self-perception

Me, sexy? I'm just plain ol' beans and rice.

I never, ever saw myself as glam because I didn't wear makeup... my image is a plain leather jumpsuit, which is not glam at all. I've always seen myself as rock n' roll and not glam.

I'm a short, fairly plain person who's bluffing his case and getting away with it.

Honestly, I am always shocked when I see myself in the mirror because I feel exactly the same as I did when I was 18 getting off the plane to go to Juilliard in New York.

I never planned to be a comedian. I don't consider myself one now.

I know I'm black. Everyone knows I'm black. But I don't want to be defined as a black hockey player.

So, I really don't consider myself a fabulous keyboard player.

Enough of the 'Canada is a modest country' boasts. Please. Just stop.

The term 'plus size' is so inaccurate. I'm not plus size; I have never bought an article of clothing that was plus size.

I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.

I've always been accused of being too clever for my own good.

I have never been beautiful in cliche terms.

I'm a cliche.

I think I always was a bit of a class clown, but I don't know how successful I was at that. I always think, when I read about people being class clowns, I imagine them being actually very funny, and I don't know that I was. But I tried to be, I think.

When you go to college, and you talk about your college experience, there's a lot of revisionist history that goes along with it. You tend to think of yourself as, 'Oh, I got all of the girls. I was the best athlete on the team. I was a straight-A student.' And that's probably not the case.

I just think of myself as a comedian, really.

I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.

I love comedy, but I did always consider myself a dramatic comedian.

It's embarrassing to say you want to be a comedian. Admitting that you want attention and you think you're such a laugh.

I would loved to be called an actor, and not comedian.

I really fancied myself a comedic actress.

I think of myself as more of a comic person. I don't know about a comic actor.

At a shoot, I'm really aware of everything. When they do makeup, sometimes I can't see what they're doing, but I can feel it. I know what I look like, even when I can't see what they've done. I know how to compose myself.

I'm still getting used to being called a composer. A poseur, maybe.