Brooke Burns Quotes

It’s not what you are that counts; it’s what people think you are.

I don't want people to think I'm a wrestler.

I think everybody who sees me would think that I'm really scary or something. But I'm not!

Everyone has a mirror face that's so different from their natural face. And I think it's interesting, seeing the way people want to be viewed when they're putting themselves together.

I don't think I appear very cool to people who observe me on the ground.

I have no problem with people seeing me as the nice guy. I hope they don't see me as just the nice guy.

She gave Pretty Boy a surreptitious glance. Did he honestly expect her to believe he was gay? True, there were the gay boots and those stunning good looks. But, even so, he blasted enough heterosexual mega-wattage to light up the entire female population. Which he’d undoubtedly been doing since he shot out of the birth canal, glimpsed his reflection in the obstetrician’s eyeglasses, and gave the world a high five.

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

Apparently on the screen I look tall, ageless, and damned close to omniscient-delivering jeopardy-laden warnings through gritted teeth. But when people see me on the street, they say 'by God, this kid is 5 foot 5, he's got a broken nose, and looks about as foreboding as a bank teller on a lunch break.'

My problem is I don't have this incredible, hip image. I'm not some flamboyant or gorgeous-looking guy who's going to sell records based on his image.

I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.

I must say also that it's never worked to my disadvantage that I have long, blond hair.

At the prom, you are more about boys thinking you're cute. On the red carpet, you have to please everyone because there are a lot more people looking at those pictures.

I'm better looking in person.

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

I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens.

The whole image thing gets in the way. Then there are the guys that it excites them and it's what draws them to me. But I don't know whether they would care for me if I didn't have this image.

I've always looked old for my age.

Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

And I was victim to that very early in my career, where I would go into auditions, and I'd be wearing a big T shirt, a big baggy T shirt and loose jeans. You know, to try and show people that there was more to me than just that.

We'd be nowhere without our looks.

I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.

Some of those cartoons look nothing like me.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

A lot of people think I'm stuck up. Pretty much that I'm arrogant. I only do that when I'm on the field.