Victor LaValle Quotes

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

I don't look at myself as an attractive person.

I didn't have any relationships in my teenage years, as I felt I was not attractive enough.

Everyone fears rejection.

It might sound so stupid, but guys do not hit on me. I'm not really sure why, but it's very rare that a guy will ever come up to me and be like, 'I'm going to lay down my game right now, and you're going to like it.'

Not everybody's confident their whole life.

I'm not an insecure person, per se, but I just never saw myself as the girl who walks into a place and everybody goes, 'Wow.'

I wasn't attractive when I was growing up, and I don't think I am now.

Well, I'm clearly not ugly.

Look, I don't care if anyone likes me when it comes to my work. But I can be massively insecure in other parts of my life.

I mean, I'm in a band, we're reasonably successful, I've got a very nice suit - I'm not even a bad person- so why can't I get a shag?

I lost my confidence.

There are so many people that don't believe in themselves and don't have faith.

I don't feel like a dream girl, but I think it's really nice. I guess a part of me wishes I got that sort of attention in my real life. Because in my real life, I'm this weird, dorky girl who just hangs out with her dog.

You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?

I don't want to be so confident in myself.

There are certainly a billion, ker-trillion girls out there more attractive than I am.

No, I'm not good looking.

And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.

I guess men like me - somebody out there must think I'm hot.

I always had good friends, but I did not feel like a cool girl, ever.

I think I have a degree of confidence, but I also have terrible insecurity, like anybody does.

No, I never ever considered myself attractive.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

I don't think it's a healthy thing in your personal life to go around with that never-sure attitude.