Stephen Bayley Quotes

I am not finicky at all regarding my appearance.

I try not to go around looking like a hag.

One time I can stand fiddling in front of the mirror for an hour and another time I think: well hack, this is just the best it can get. Only if I have to go to work I really try to look fantastic.

I'm fairly specific about what I like to wear and looks are important to me, just like they are to everybody.

If you don't look good, we don't look good.

You're only as good as your last haircut.

I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.

I trained as a designer, so I'm always terribly keen about what I'm going to look like.

I like to delude myself that I'm in the old-Hollywood mode. I just tailor my clothes well and try to keep my skin clear. While it would be great to work out an hour a day, there is something inherently sort of selfish about it. I can't do it.

People put too much emphasis on looks.

I don't know what I'd do if I had to look pretty all the time.

I care about being formally physically attractive in my life, and I think that I am quite vain about my performance. I'm just not vain about how I look while I give the performance.

I groom, but it doesn't take me a long time to get to what people see.

I, Lesley, I like looking nice. I like doing my hair and wearing makeup and wearing nice clothes. But I don't care what my characters look like.

I pay attention to how I look but I don't let it go too far.

I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over comfort.

I care about how I look, but I don't care about the fashion industry.

A lot of my day is consumed with how I look.

I'm fascinated by people's obsession with how they look and how humans really do judge you within the first few seconds of meeting you.

At seventy-four I'm getting minor raves on my looks, but I'm caught in the middle. Who knows what seventy-four looks like? Who cares? But if I'd listened to my friends, I could now lie and say I'm eighty-four. For eighty-four, the way I look is spectacular.

I'm surrounded by young and beautiful people. I hate looking at ugliness.

I don't want to look like a bum.

I'm not vain - I just love make-up and dressing up.

People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'

I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.