Tom Hanks Quotes

There isn't anybody that looks like me without clothes on.

If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch.

My height was not a deterrent, and it did not make me the person I am. It was like my long brown hair or my brown eyes - a physical characteristic that differentiated me from quite a percentage of the population.

We knew our strengths and played up our assets. But we couldn't see what made us unique enough for someone to really love us.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

Nobody is more individual than you, so be confident with who you are and what you have to offer because everybody has got things to offer.

I might not be beautiful, but I'm very interesting!

I just didn't believe I was like everybody else. I thought I was unique.

I was always the funny-looking girl. I couldn't compete with the Brazilian girls. My nose is off, my ears are too big. But I think it's my personality that these designers were drawn to.

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else

I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny - I looked like me.

Jon and I have a lot of drive. But really, the most glaring difference is I'm better looking.

Look after all those lovely peculiarities in your face, your body, and yourself.

All the quirks you've spent years trying to hide, they are actually your superpowers; they're what set you apart. They don't make you better. They don't make you worse. They make you you, and only you can be that.

I have a saying: be the difference with the things that make you different.

I have never wanted to hide my freckles. I just didn't like the way I looked without them; it didn't look like me.

I think I have a great voice, but it's not special enough to be remembered. But what's special about me is much more than just my voice.

Those qualities that separate us are often ridiculed by others or criticized by teachers. Because of these judgments, we might see our strengths as disabilities and try to work around them in order to fit in. But anything that is peculiar to our makeup is precisely what we must pay the deepest attention to and lean on in our rise to mastery.

What sets you apart can feel like a burden, but it's not.

That which makes you different is actually the thing that makes you special.

If you think all men are created equal, you haven't seen Bo Diddley in the shower.

I always thought models had to fit a certain mould. I never thought I had what it takes. I'm too small and my look's pretty weird.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I was very skinny and very lanky and kind of awkward. In Puerto Rico, everybody is a little more voluptuous, with these beautiful bodies, and there I was, the skinny, lanky girl.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.