Neha Dhupia Quotes

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.

When I first started out, I got criticism for the way I looked. I think, now, it's a good thing because, why would you want to look like everyone else?

Being different makes you beautiful.

You don't have to make yourself look like people expect you to look.

I got interviewed by one writer who started with the line, 'Mary Gauthier is a woman who clearly doesn't care how she looks.' I do too. It's just that I'm not very good at it.

I like to look nice, but I'm not marketing being beautiful.

I never kept up with the fashions. I believed in wearing what I thought looked good on me.

A lot of people have said I'd have probably done better in my career if I hadn't looked so cheap and gaudy. But I dress to be comfortable for me, and you shouldn't be blamed because you want to look pretty.

My clothes don't make one a different person, just more of oneself.

My beauty icons are women whose images are self-created.

I try to tell all the - not even the kids, even people older than me - to just be themselves. Don't wear what I wear 'cause I wear it; wear what you like.

I never try to follow a trend or fashion.

I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.

I find the whole concept of being 'sexy' embarrassing and confusing. If I do a photo-shoot, people desperately want to change me - dye my hair blonder, pluck my eyebrows, give me a fringe. Then there's the choice of clothes. I know everyone wants a picture of me in a mini-skirt. But that's not me.

It's important to show that there's different ways of doing things. Some people like to be glamorous, and that's perfectly fine, and that's amazing. If I were that style, then I would do that. I'd wear heels every day, and I'd strut around in a dress, but that's not me.

I really like 'Wannabe' from Itzy, because being a 'wannabe' means acting different than who you really are.

I can simply tell you that since I was a kid, I didn't like to look like anyone else.

For a couple of years, being professional, I kind of questioned myself. Should I wear my false lashes or take the time I want to take so I can feel good when I go out on the field? Because nobody else was really doing that. And I thought, No: I'm not going to change what I believe I should look like to fit anybody else's standards.

I am not really that big into fashion, where I am looking at trends or what everyone else is doing.

Don't worry about fitting in - it's completely over-rated.

In the dressing room I'm seen as the weird one with my style, I think that's a good thing.

My style would be whatever I look my best in.

It is always good to keep looking different and desirable.

I think it's cool to be different. That's what cool is.

Only recently have I realized that being different is not something you want to hide or squelch or suppress.