Quotes About Self-perception

On my own, I have very bad posture; I'm clunky.

My muscles have caved in. I go to bed at night, and next day I've got this pot belly where all my muscles have collapsed; so I look fat, but there's nothing I can do about it.

In other countries they have histories with revolutions and class movements. In America, people don't like to think of themselves like being in a lower class. They all like to think of themselves as potential millionaires.

I was always the 250 pound guy that I was when I was 18 years old coming out of high school.

Skinniness is not your friend when you're over 40. I'd like to gain a good 10 pounds, but I did always have a fat, round face that plagued me when I was young. When I started to make movies, I couldn't look at myself.

Back when I was modeling, the first time I went to Italy, I was having cappuccinos every day, and I gained 15 pounds. And I felt gorgeous! I would take my clothes off in front of the mirror and be like, 'Oh, I look like a woman.' And I felt beautiful, and I never tried to lose it, 'cause I loved it.

A few years ago, I lost 30 pounds, and people still wanted to criticize. And honestly, I'm happy with myself if I'm a little heavier.

I just don't consider myself to be, you know, an American actor. I don't want that life.

I never really considered myself attractive. I was always kind of gangly in school.

I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest.

I'm very happy with the way I write. I think I do it good. But I've never really considered myself a writer.

I think of myself as just another consumer.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

Why, when I was a child, I didn't say, as most children do, that I was going to become an actress. I felt that I was an actress and no one could have convinced me that I wasn't!

As a little kid, I was convinced that I was a guy.

I don't need to do or say things to place me in a position where I look a bit cooler.

I'm Richie Rich. I land in New York, secretly thinking I'm like the coolest guy in the world.

If it's Saturday night, and you're sitting on your couch watching 'Showtime at the Apollo,' then you're not a man's man.

I always considered myself working class, because I was brought up on a council estate. I still do, really. I mean, I might have a bit more money now than I did then, but it's in your head, class, I think. It's how you feel in there.

I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.

I'm black, and black don't crack. It does droop.

You don't really ever think you're that crazy person you're playing.

Credibility is someone else's idea of what I should be doing.

There is too much acceptance of people saying, 'I am a math person, or I am an artsy person.' It makes me cringe.