Ann Beattie Quotes

I was lucky not to have been born pretty.

Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up.

I think redheads have more fun than blondes.

I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.

But now that I'm a blonde, guys are so blatant about coming on to me.

I guess being a hunk is a lot better than being a chunk.

I had long, blond, wavy hair.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

Not everyone is equally good-looking.

Good-looking people with strong, fluoridated teeth get things handed to them on platters.

I think I'm more approachable with long hair. When it's short, I come across as being artsy and weird.

People do think you're more intelligent if you have dark hair. But my husband definitely prefers me as a blonde.

I'm intrigued by the way in which physical appearance can often direct a person's life; things happen differently for a beautiful woman than for a plain one.

Getting talked about is one of the penalties for being pretty, while being above suspicion is about the only compensation for being homely.

I don't think being beautiful takes away from your credibility.

When you are intelligent and beautiful you face a lot of problems. If you are beautiful and stupid then it's easy.

It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair.

I'd just much rather see an ugly person take the trash out than see somebody really pretty taking the trash out.

I have a big personality, and I think big personality plus blond hair makes me come across as glib. With dark hair, people look at your face more. Before, it was all about the hair.

In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have okay teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already.

I do know that people treat me different with blonde hair than they do with red hair.

There are guys who are way taller than me, weigh a lot more than me, are stronger than me, not faster than me but all other aspects people get recognized and looked at and opportunities based on how they look. I've been fighting that battle my entire lifetime.

I've heard people say I'm a Curry and that helped me get where I am. Sometimes I think it's the opposite.

I think as a blonde person with make-up on, you're automatically the punchline to the joke.

I have never had a bad review off a good-looking person.