Joanna Coles Quotes

You're made aware of what the industry is and what you need to conform to; I don't fit that, and I'm never going to.

Of course I know I am not the average footballer. But I'd be lying if I said I set out to be different, I didn't set out to go against the grain.

I just don't fit into the box.

I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.

I've never been very good at fitting into boxes.

I guess I'm attracted to these off beat roles because my life has been a bit abnormal. The only thing I have a problem with is being labeled.

For one thing I tend not to see myself in various moulds that people fit me into.

It's liberating to wear clothes that are outside the boundaries of what I'm supposed to wear, ya know, based on the traditional model, whether that be a country music singer, or being from the country. It's not a rebellious thing.

I've always been weird.

In the entertainment world, you can have more of a personality and be yourself. You don't have to look like a standard of beauty. You can have something provocative to say.

I could have took the easy way and just been a cowboy, looking good, trying to make my money off Hank Williams and being this clean-cut guy. But I always wanted to be myself and go against the grain.

I don't think there's anything traditional about me.

I've always looked around and pretty much knew that I was built a little different.

I dress differently, I don't conform to what golf is supposed to be.

I was the bohemian in my family, the "this is my favorite shoe and I don't care if it has tape around it" kind of person. The tape could become a fashion statement. Or a political statement.

People say of me, 'She's peculiar.' They do not understand me. If they did they would say so oftener and with emphasis.

I don't see myself as weird, I just see myself as honest.

When I was born, I always knew something was a little bit different about me.

I'm not anti-fashion, but I've always had a bit of a punk attitude. That's important, I think. I do my own thing.

I'm probably going to forever be weird.

I'm a bit of a contrarian, so I like the idea of going on stage without makeup, without the hair being done, in the jeans and shirt I've been wearing all day. At first that was an issue, because I didn't want to be disrespectful.

What I've been conscious of, from the beginning is that I can't be Jil Sander.

I'm a bit weird.

I am not normal.

It delights me that I don't fit the stereotype of an actress.