Jane Asher Quotes

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

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

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

It took a long time to understand why people were so interested in me, but I assumed it was because my wonderful husband had done a lot of wonderful work leading up to our marriage and our relationship. But then, over the years, you see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well. People make a lot of money out of you.

A man's worth is what he is divided by what he thinks he is.

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.

It's a little dangerous for me to get outside myself and think about how I want people to see me.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

Everything you think about yourself, everything you believe about yourself, is because you learned it.

Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

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 don't think I'm boring.

You know, most people really don't know me.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

There is an image of me in France that is a long stretch from who I really am. I read about this girl who lives in grand hotels and has affairs with American actors - I don't recognise this girl at all. Sometimes it makes me depressed. Sometimes it makes me laugh. Sometimes I think, 'Gosh, that sounds nice, I'd love to be that girl.'

What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist.

You don't wanna walk around and say, 'I'm somebody's niece, I'm somebody's cousin, I'm somebody's daughter. Who are you?' And I think that's always the challenge when you grow up in a well-known family, is ultimately, you have to face yourself in the mirror and say, 'Who are you? What have you done?'

My guess is that people look at me and project their own values - importance of family, ego is healthy but not the biggest thing. I don't know. I can't explain my popularity.

Everybody perceives me because of my career that I'm a movie star, or I'm this model, but I'm still the same person I was when I was a little girl.

Fame is a weird one. You need to distance yourself from it. People see a value in you that you don't see yourself.