Pooja Hegde Quotes

Like every other girl in the world, my most embarrassing moment had to do with a guy completely turning me down. His loss!

Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again.

Out of frustration, I say things. Now, people listen to me so much I can say it under my breath and everybody hears me... I said in the past that I'm a work in progress, and I feel like I'm progressing.

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

I don't regret anything I do, ever, whether articles I've done or things I've said. And as far as what's happened in the past, I wouldn't take anything back.

I like to work. The self-esteem and satisfaction that I get from working makes me a better person, which makes me a better mom.

In the fall of 1968, I became attractive to women. One day I was an ignored schlub in the street, then suddenly all these good-looking women were interested in me.

Probably the worst pickup line is no pickup line. I mean, at the end of the day, what is the worst that could happen?

I couldn't get a date, but I couldn't be quite sure how unattractive I'd become. I was still friendly; I made jokes, and in my mind, if I saw a woman smiling at me... I still had a chance. I did not.

My fear is that I go up to the girl of my dreams and say 'I'm sorry, but I've got to say hello to you,' and she slides the stool back and gets up and walks away, saying, 'Not for me, Bub. I don't want anything to do with you.'

I know what I need to work on; I know my weaknesses, but I have that work ethic to improve every day. I have that want to be the best player at my position, and I have the belief in myself that one day that will come true.

I try to be unafraid of making a fool of myself.

I got over being embarrassed.

You're not going to get every part, so you can't base your sense of self-worth around whether or not you actually land the job.

When I was in fifth grade, a boy put a rose on my desk and I threw it away. The attention makes me nervous.

I am the type of girl with zero fashion sense, but I am getting into it now. It's becoming important for me. I saw a lot of girls were beginning to notice what I wear, and I feel a kind of responsibility because there aren't any women in Hollywood my size and age.

I wouldn't say I handle attention well. I'd say I stumble over pick-up lines poorly. I'm not good at any of that.

I attended speech and drama classes with a nun to help me gain confidence in speaking without my face turning red each time.

I can't constantly live in the past, thinking that 'Oh my God, I was Miss Universe.'

I don't know if people consider me a deep threat, but maybe I'll get there one day.

Often, when a girl has a crush on a boy, her friend will dare her to speak to him or ask for a pencil, or better yet, let him know that she has a crush. Pretty risky stuff... It happens thousands of times a day in the lives of teenagers everywhere. Putting yourself out there. Daring to expose your true feelings.

I had big problems with stage fright in the past. I think, slowly, as I've gotten better at it, I've started to enjoy it. It's made me a more confident person in my normal life. I can open up and be myself in situations that used to be abject terror.

I'm just really excited about my future and I'm really looking forward to taking challenges... and I just can't wait to start.

The big thing for me is no longer is trying to impress people around me.

One of the things I've told men over and over and over and over is if you're being rejected by all the women that you approach, it's not the women!