CL Quotes

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

People around me tell me that I need a bigger persona and to act a little more A-listy because 'that's where you are but you don't act that way, so people undervalue you.' But that's not me.

I care about how I carry and present myself.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

I must be very clear in one thing... Being a pageant girl is not who I am or what defines me.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

I think that you have to present an image that is... true to you, and... the way you would like to be perceived, so I think that through the years I've worked really hard at trying to create an image that is true to me.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.

I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I'm trying to have some control over my image.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I'm not a big fan of just cultivating an image.

I'm really not about changing my image.

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

I remember being in high school and this guy saying to me, 'You'd actually be good-looking if you didn't joke around so much.' That affected me, and so I stopped joking around, and I stopped being a goof because I thought people would like me better.

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

I've never met anyone that is their image.

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

However, people need to understand that it ain't that deep to try and convince people of what your persona is. You are who you are, and what you are will show in time. What you aren't can be hidden, but eventually it will come to light. Long story short: rappers should never take themselves too seriously.

The way people see you is the way you really are.

I think if you watch a lot of what I do, you're going to ultimately walk away seeing me. I can't hide - that impression is a personal impression people have of me.