Candice Patton Quotes

The pressure to look good is intense. It is hard to be immune to that and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

I try to avoid mirrors.

I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.

People think I'm goofy. I don't have that Angelina Jolie air to me. I wish that I did, and that's an insecurity of mine.

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

I think I'm a decent-looking guy. Sometimes I can look great, and other times I look horrifying.

Some days I think I look kind of cute, but other days I try to avoid the mirror.

Well, I don't think I'm good-looking... I know people who are good-looking, and I'm not good-looking.

I don't think I look great. I only see flaws in myself on the small screen. I make an extra effort to look good.

I wish I was always photogenic.

I think I'm still, in many ways, a terribly self-conscious person. I'd probably be shooting and think, "Well, how does my hair look?"

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I don't see myself as somebody who looks particularly good in photos.

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.

I don't think I'm vain... but I do like to be lit well.

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.

It's funny, one of the reasons why I never wear my glasses any more is that, when I was younger, a guy once said that he liked me until he found out that I wear glasses.

I don't like the sound of my voice or how I look or anything.

I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.

What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.