Zoe Cassavetes Quotes

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

In my career, which has been fairly two-dimensional, people make decisions based on your persona.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

My public image is none of my business.

Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.

Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.

I don't want to be modelling G-strings. It's not that good for my image – I'm a footballer not a tart

You have to think about how you're going to present yourself and want people, wanna show your stuff and who you are

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

On days when I do not work, I am working on my image. I have to hit the gym. I have beauty appointments. I have to work toward my next job and maintaining my image, just like an athlete.

What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglasses. I'm out there working. I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but I do realize we're entertainers.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

There are times in my career where I can see it would be helped by having a bit more of a profile, but it's not like I refuse to do interviews, no, not at all.

If you want to be watched 24 hours a day in everything you do, you can't turn that around. You can't wake up three years later and say, 'Stop bothering me, I'm a serious actor,' if all you've done is wear certain clothes and show up half-loaded at clubs.

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

Never believe people in this business who say they don't read what's written about them.

The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn't a good one.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

I like thinking of myself as invisible. I find it a very advantageous way to live. Unfortunately, its not the way the music business works. If you don't create some kind of public image, it gets created for you.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

My face is my career.

I've never tried to manipulate my image.