Quotes About Modesty

I don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine.

Though I'm a very broad-minded girl, I don't think any parent would appreciate their daughter stripping on-screen.

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.

I don't really get star struck.

I don't want to come over as some boringly self-deprecating person. But I don't see myself as a groundbreaking writer in the way plays are structured.

I was raised as a Christian, where all you're taught is to be humble, even if you did something right. Politics is the complete opposite of: you do something a little nice, and you tell everyone.

People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.

I don't quite think I'm big enough to deserve an orchestra.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

You may be modest and un-egotistical in your life; I'm quite ordinary. But I play big egotistical parts.

I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person.

I'm not that big a celebrity. I'm just an ordinary person.

I appreciate the idea that anybody would think of me as a star. But I'm really not career oriented in the sense that I want to be a star. It's not in me. It's not what I do. In fact, I'm amazed that I've even gotten this far.

I made sure no butt cheek hung out. You know, the original Daisy, Catherine Bach's shorts were shorter than mine.

I have a box of awards in the closet. I think it is weird to put them out. I might if I had an Emmy or Oscar, but I don't.

I did not bring up my child to think that she was a star. If I had treated her any differently, it would have messed everything up. She was brought up normally, like other kids, in a normal house, and it was a normal, middle-class life.

Humility is nothing else but a right judgment of ourselves.

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

I've never really wanted to do the bra top or booty shorts at festivals. I'd rather be cool, casual, and comfortable, and I like wearing outfits that I can also walk on the street with. In short, I don't really dress differently at festivals.

You don't have to be outlandish and saying crazy things and get out of yourself to get headlines or attention.

No, no. I draw the line there. Anything that's going to show an outline of my manhood is not on.

I don't like looking outrageous.

It's easy to be loud, outspoken, and play to the gallery. It's difficult to underplay one's self.

I have never been one for the over-the-top.