Quotes About Perception

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

I still don't buy the idea that I'm a 'sex symbol.'

Of course I'm going to be labeled as a sex symbol. I made my bed, and I'm sleeping in it.

I can't be described as a sex symbol; I think it's ridiculous.

Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

Like the firm handshake and looking people straight in the eye, the blazer had originally been a symbol of trust. Because of this, it had been purloined by the less-than-trustworthy and became their preferred disguise.

Marriage is becoming sort of fake. It's almost like a handbag. Everybody wants the newest, greatest and latest. It becomes an event, and it's definitely a status symbol in our society. I'm not saying it shouldn't be; it absolutely should be - but you shouldn't be focusing on that.

I'm somewhere between a gumshoe and a journalist. A writer, not a symbol.

I realized, 'Oh, it's easier to get what I want if I embrace the sex symbol thing.' Microphones are more in my face, and I can say things about the kids that I mentor and open more access to more doors.

I thought I was a sexy symbol!

I'd hate to be a sex symbol. Because you're always having to live up to an image. I haven't got time to sit around doing my nails.

On 'Being Mary Jane,' I learned to embrace sex symbol.

I didn't want to be a sex symbol. That was perhaps my mistake, but you can't really change who you are.

Do you know I'm a sex symbol?

I love to be known as a sex symbol.

My fans love me; they've made me this sex symbol. I don't feel I am, but they feel that way. They find me attractive, like I'm a sexy dude. I try my best to make them believe the illusion.

I can choose to be a serious musician, but the sex symbol part is not up to me.

People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.

I'm not a sex symbol, at least in the conventional sense.

I'm a sex symbol.

I felt like I was in the wrong body, especially when you're considered a sex symbol.

Asian men specifically have not been portrayed as the leading man or sex symbol.

Well, I guess this sex symbol stuff is a nice compliment, but I don't walk around thinking of myself as a sex symbol.

Once my paintings are complete, the model no longer lives in the painting as themselves. I see something bigger, more symbolic - an archetype.