Shelley Duvall Quotes

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

I have no control over what people think of me but I have 100% control of what I think of myself, and that is so important. And not just about your body, but so many ways of confidence. You're constantly learning how to be confident, aren't you?

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

I myself never feel that I'm sexy. If people call me cute, I am happier.

The 'self-image' is the key to human personality and human behavior. Change the self image and you change the personality and the behavior.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

I'm no pin-up.

I was so beautiful but I didn't realise it for years. I saw pictures of myself and even I was stunned.

I don't know what it is about me, but I don't think of myself as sexy; I never have.

We all put obstacles in our own path toward personal style, myself included. If we understood why we constructed these practical and emotional obstacles, we might move beyond it to healthier, happier perceptions of ourselves and, ideally, a better sense of self-esteem.

Your most important sale in life is to sell yourself to yourself.

Life is too short to have anything but delusional notions about yourself.

I'm not bothered by my appearance.

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

You can't control how other people see you or think of you. But you have to be comfortable with that.

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.

I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay.

I feel very confident with the way I look. But I felt just as confident the way I looked before. I've always been confident with who I am.

Ego is good.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

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've never been more normal than I am now.

I know I wasn't as handsome as some other guys, but I was OK with that.