Jeremy Irons Quotes

I wanted to stand out and look different. It wasn't nothing that was done purposely, or I was going to be the guy who wears pink forever. It was something for me to stand out.

When I did pink, I did it so I wouldn't be dressing like everybody else.

Show off your own style and uniqueness to stand out. That's the advice I'd give to people getting started online now.

I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

I like to stand out and make a statement.

When you're just like everybody else, you've nothing to offer other than your conformity.

I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I'm doing something that everybody else is doing.

I'd never just want to do what everybody else did. I'd be contributing to the sameness of everything.

For our senior picture, they said, 'Black or navy blazer.' And I thought, Why do I want to look like everybody else?

I love being unconventional because that's the reason I stand out.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.

Everybody wants to make a difference, but nobody wants to be different. And you simply cannot have one without the other.

I'm a smart enough person to know that I don't want everyone to be cookie-cutter versions of the nine guys who wear Converse sneakers.

I went to public school for like, one day. I don't get it. Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

I can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress.

Wearing a bow tie is a statement. Almost an act of defiance.

So for me, fashion was about standing out as an individual - and it helped me get the attention that most people try to get with publicity stunts or by doing other crazy things. But I just let the attention come to me naturally, and I think some of that has to do with my fashion.

As soon as something becomes 'trendy,' I go off it. I hate the idea of being a sheep and just following a look because I've been told it's fashionable. Individuality makes the world a much more interesting place.

It can be frightening to turn your back on what others think is right. But I'm not the same as a lot of people - I'm quite artistic and quite eccentric sometimes. If you honour that, you fit into yourself better - and people accept you for what you are.

Everybody tries to be exactly the same. I think being an outsider is a good thing.

Growing up in Seattle, I was always that kid who didn't subscribe to what everyone else was wearing.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

When I was fourteen and first started going out, I always wanted to be the opposite of everyone else. So I would go to the club in a polo T-shirt and pants and sneakers and a hat on backward, just so I would not be dressed like other girls.