Alice Walker Quotes

I was regarded as the school freak which further reinforced a lot of inhibitions and doubts I had about myself. I was a shy, frightened teenager for a long time.

I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.

I'm not going to lie: I still have days when I walk by the mirror on my way to the shower and think, 'Oh God, I didn't just see that!'

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

For a long time, I did feel aware that I wasn't pretty or bubbly enough. Nor was I sexy-looking.

I was actually very ugly. I was ugly. I felt very insecure.

I was always told I was ugly. I still think I am ugly. I know I've got an odd face and you can't tell me otherwise.

I am really terrible when it comes to guys. Inside, I just see myself as this overweight tomboy with funny-coloured hair and bad skin.

I don't like myself, and I don't like to be looked at.

I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't.

I didn't think my face was beautiful. I guess I found a lot wrong with it.

I wasn't the prettiest girl in class. No breasts, short legs, gangly teeth. I didn't think I was model material, that's for sure.

I used to think I was ugly because I was the baby.

I never let anyone know I was insecure about it - it was my own little thing - but I did have a problem being overweight. I always felt people were looking at me in a certain way as opposed to who I really was.

I had very bad acne growing up. I had braces for six years, from the fifth to the 11th grade. I didn't look in the mirror and feel like someone who should be on TV.

When I was 16, I filmed an episode of 'Full House' where my family goes to Disney World. I remember putting on baggy overalls just to hide my stomach. When I watched it, I was pretty disappointed and bummed out looking at myself... I didn't feel good about my own body.

I am insecure... because I have to think about what I look like every day.

I'm not that good looking.

I always assume I look better than I actually do. I'll feel pretty good about myself when I leave the house, then I'll see a picture and think, 'Crap, I had no idea that's what I was looking like.'

I just don't like my face.

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling.

I don't see myself as beautiful. I was a kid who was freckle-faced, and they used to call me 'hay head.'

I hate to look at myself in a mirror, and I never go and see films.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I hate watching me. I hate watching me. It just makes me feel awful. I think, 'I look stupid from that angle. I wish I didn't let them put that shirt on me.'