R. Madhavan Quotes

I was very frustrated, in a physical sense, by people seeing me in a way that I wasn't. And I was beginning to find myself boxed into a corner. Hopefully things have loosed up a bit, and I've gotten better and become more relaxed as an actor.

I was originally cast to be the brains of the Enterprise. Somehow I became The Chick. There's a little ugly girl inside of me going 'Yay! I'm a sex symbol!'

I wanted people not to look at me as a little girl, but I was a little girl so how could I ask the world not to?

Maybe I'm too masculine. Casting directors cast in their own, or an idealized image. Maybe I don't look like anybody's ideal.

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

I was the funny one in my group; there was a lot pressure to be responsible for everyone's happiness. I didn't like watching other friends of mine be called the 'pretty one' or the 'smart one.' That had no depth, and it didn't match how I knew them.

I'm more of a tomboy than anything and then you see your name on these Top 50 Most Beautiful People lists and you're like, 'What?'

I'm always interested in how people, myself included, have ideas of themselves, of how they thought they would be, or of how they want to be seen. And the older you get, the world keeps telling you different things about yourself. And how people either adjust to those things and let go of adolescent notions. Or they dig in deeper.

I don't think anybody's quite accurately branded me. I'm not sure I could do it myself.

I don't want to be the stupid blond. I want to be an actor.

As social beings we live with our eyes upon our reflection, but have no assurance of the tranquillity of the waters in which we see it.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.

I often don't feel like the person I look like.

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty.

If people see me in some sort of niche, then that's fine. As long as it's not The Naked Guy, I don't care.

I'm not homely enough to play the nerdy girl and not nearly pretty enough to play the pretty girl.

But I always see myself as the filmmaker. I wonder if everybody else sees me more as an actor.

In the past I'd always felt like 'the girl' in the show or the movie. On 'Friday Night Lights' there were a bunch of girls, and I was the woman. Initially there was a little struggle with my identity around that. But now there's a sense of ease.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

People have a perception of me because of Victoria's Secret that I'm sexy, but I'm not a sexy girl. I'm very tomboyish.

When I was in my 20s, I thought that being known for 'Swimming Pool' was kind of a burden. Like, 'OK, everyone thinks I am this tanned bimbo,' and I was having problems coping with that image.

The girl-next-door image is a sort of joke; for years, I couldn't get any roles other than as somebody dark.

Adolescence is when girls experience social pressure to put aside their authentic selves and to display only a small portion of their gifts.

People that really know me will tell you that I am not a video vixen.