Cherie Blair Quotes

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up or how they act at home. A person's public presence reflects his own efforts at image development.

I don't leave the house without thinking of how to represent myself.

What audiences see is a curated version of myself.

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

I'm glad I can present a polished version of myself when it counts.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

Oh, everybody wears a mask. We all put our best foot forward. We all try and make a statement, I'm not saying that's bad.

We're all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don't spend any time, or think they don't, on preparing themselves for the world out there - I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world.

My face is my career.

I'm way flashier on Instagram and Snapchat because I feel like that's what people want to see, and that's I've always done, so I'm not going to stop. People want to see my cars and my purses. People love fashion. But that's so not me.

I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

I put on such a good show, the story is outrageous, and people don't want to hear that I'm basically a reasonable human being. As long as it continues to get me print, I'll continue to perform in an exuberant manner.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

You make a first impression and people never forget it. If people want to think of me as the wacky 'Juno' lady forever, I could think of worse ways to be labeled.

I've never really done any interviews as myself.

Entertainment is often a medium in which you can put yourself front and center.

I step into a character in my public life. People who don't make that distinction are dooooomed.

I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.

I think what's universal is the idea of auditioning. It's something that you do in every kind of job market. You audition every time you go on a date, you audition at a job interview, and it's always about trying to put the best version of yourself forward and seeing what sticks and what doesn't.

We all present a version of ourselves whether you've got a puppet on your hand or not. To actually be very real out there in a public way, why?

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

We're actors in our lives, pretendin' to be who we want people to think we are.

I think everybody has a public persona. We all present ourselves.

I know I have to keep up my image. It's all about how you handle the situation.

I've never been able to control my public image.