Anna Freud Quotes

I have been vain since birth. I expected other people to like what I did, although my vanity has definitely diminished over the years.

When I was younger I was always big; I was a fat boy at school. I had an early growth spurt, and when I went to secondary school I was tall enough to be a policeman.

My habit would have been to veer towards the dark - to prove I was something; edgy, or maybe to prove that I was cognisant of the dark side. Now, with age and confidence, I can say, yeah, that's true, but I am cognisant of the fact that people can do things well. And can be more loving than you expect.

Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.

When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body.

Self-esteem, the kind that comes from finding the sweet spot between a healthy fondness for yourself and healthy self-skepticism, tends to get harder to come by the older we get.

When I started out in the industry I was 14 and a beanpole, but over the last few years I've grown. For the most part I feel pretty OK with how I look. I know I'm different from the typical Hollywood ideal of what is beautiful. But quite frankly I don't think that's attainable, and I'm happy to represent something different.

If I feel confident wearing something, I think it translates in photographs. It changes my demeanor and posture.

If you're comfortable with who you are, it shows in your walk.

I think I'm happy with who I am. I don't know if I learned that from other girls or just people in general.

I like to think I'm a very mature person.

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

Believe it or not, I was all fully rounded by the time I was nine years old.

I can debate for weeks whether a trouser should sit on the waist, or a centimetre below, or on the hip, whether it should have a zip or a button, because I find personally that a detail like that can have a massive impact on how I carry myself that day. If I wear a slouchy jean, that will affect my posture and my whole manner.

When I was a freshman, I was 5 feet 9 and totally skinny as a pole. Knock-knees and bad hair. Then, over that summer, I grew up a little bit. Not that I was some super beauty, but at least I didn't look like I was 10 anymore and had a little self-confidence.

I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

I have a great sense of who I am.

I didn't take myself seriously for a long time.

I hit a big growth spurt between my 10th and 11th grade years.

My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now.

When I'm in sneakers, it changes my body carriage. I feel more in my own skin.

When someone tells me that I look great, I say thanks and then share a secret: It's not the clothes or the makeup; it's my posture.

One year I grew 15 centimeters.

I know I'm only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I've got the right mental side of it.