Maud Adams Quotes

I'm always trying to prove myself to the rest of the world.

If other people think I'm okay looking, that's great, but I don't see it myself. When I look in the mirror, all I see is a bunch of fake teeth and football scars.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

But as a young model, I never felt as beautiful as I looked.

Comparison is painful. Don't be cowed by other people's pretty pictures. When you feel unimpressive, or irrelevant, that has nothing to do with what you're actually capable of.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'

I don't know if I owned a toothbrush until I was 19, maybe. I didn't come from stock that placed any importance on the toothbrush. But a couple of girls I met changed that. And I would do anything to get a girl to pay attention to me long enough that I could feel good about myself.

I wish I didn't have to validate myself by reading reviews.

When I was launched in 2010, people told me that I wasn't the best looking guy, so I would have to act really well. I am aware that I am not conventionally good looking. I have heard it so many times that I have started believing it.

I could see that I was losing weight and sometimes I'd see a few good comments and that spiralled me to be like: 'This is how I need to stay.' No one cares whether your performance was good, or if you sounded great.

Don't be too concerned about what others think of you. It's what you think about yourself that matters!

I feel like I'm the worst, so I always act like I'm the best.

They're just opinions, what people say about you. None of that stuff's true. The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.

It gets dangerous when you start allowing people to validate your work.

Mirabelle is not affected by a man’s failures to approach her, as her own self-depreciating attitude never allows the idea that he would in the first place.

Self-esteem is not based on itself.

I've never had that concern of thinking of myself as stupid.

I think that there are a lot of reasons to be insecure as an actress... But I don’t really have a perception issue. I’ve been pretty good about being who I am in the public’s eye.

As you care less about what people think of you, you will care more about what others think of themselves.

People who are insecure about themselves will avoid social comparisons that are potentially threatening to their self-esteem

Needing approval is like saying 'your view of me is more important than my own opinion of myself'.

You have to care about how good you are and how good you feel, but not about how good people think you are or how good people think you look.

I'm the type of person who feels I have to prove myself first.

There was a time when I was way too reliant upon other people's opinions and perspective of me. And I guess over time came to see how unhealthy that was. I mean it's almost like a sign of mental illness to base your self-worth on the opinions of complete strangers.