Tom Ford Quotes

Yup, I'm not good at selling myself, my PR skills are atrocious.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

I'm the worst person about publicizing myself.

There is the odd exception, like Albert Einstein, but as a breed, scientists tend not be very good at presenting themselves.

I'm a walking billboard. That's my pleasure.

I come from an academic background. I wasn't raised to be into promoting myself.

You have to learn to sell yourself. I think people forget they need to look at where else they've really performed in their life, where they've been in a place where they were confident.

You have to think about how you're going to present yourself and want people, wanna show your stuff and who you are

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

You only have one thing to sell in life, and that's yourself.

I did, but I'm not real fond of giving interviews.

I still can't believe that I went on 'The Colbert Report' myself; for the appearance I wore a lot of makeup, my hair was curled like a poodle's, and I could barely breathe in my Spanx undergarments. But, hey - an authoress has to lean in, right?

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

For me, I've such a steady presence throughout the community that I think if anyone can raise up to the challenge of presenting the face of cosplay, it could be me. Not to be vain, but I've had the training to be in this position.

I don't know why people feel that I am snooty. I am not a person who has ever given an interview on image building. I have never been that person, as I am very confident of what I do. People do PR, but I get completely foxed. I don't know how to do it. I stay away from the limelight, as I think my work should speak on my behalf.

I think with most all of us, we want control of our image - it's part of the work that we do.

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

My voice has gotten me everything in my life, not my hair.

I've never really done any interviews as myself.

People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.