Suzy Kendall Quotes

I don't want everyone to think I'm just the girl who acts.

I don't want to be some skinny mini with my tits out. I really don't want to do it and I don't want people confusing what it is that I'm about.

The whole sex symbol or babe thing doesn't bother me.

You get an image in the first couple of years of your career, and then whether you like it or not, you are stuck with it for the rest of your life.

By no means do I want to be a piece of meat for the rest of my career. It's funny when you get asked to do a talk show, and then they follow it up with requesting you take your shirt off.

In Hollywood, what they last saw you in is what you are. It's hard to break away from that.

I got typecast early in my career as the guy who is very intense. Once you get into a certain mold, people see you that way, as much as it's disproved time and again.

People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.

I really want to be known for my work. That sounds like such a... cliche, and I've thought about how else I can say it to make it sound less hackneyed. But that's what it comes down to... I know people are interested in these things.

I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed image of me. I was playing a lot of cute characters, a lot of little girls; I was objectified. And I don't want people to think of me as that because it's not who I am, and because I've seen a lot of hostility towards that image.

I don't want people to think of me as sexy.

I try to bring my own style to a role, but I can't change how people think of me.

The whole thing of sexually objectifying yourself is really demoralizing and degrading as a human being, and it's something that men have never had to do, and it's something that 'Hanna' has never had to do.

I want to try to help shift perceptions people may have of me as an actor.

When people think of me, I want them to think of a travel show host who's really funny and good at his job, and I think eventually the CP won't even play into it, or at least that's the goal.

I sort of went 'Oh, great. I'm getting these great roles and I love doing them, but I'm going to be Anthony Perkins for the rest of my life.'

'Playboy Magazine' has been a devil's advocate for me. Because of the image and type-casting, it's harder to convince people that I can sing. Yet, I probably wouldn't have had the chance, had it not been for Playboy.

How you carry yourself is how people perceive you.

Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy.

I ain't want my kids to grow up and call me Thug. I don't want anybody to kind of look at me like that. So I'm gonna just use my real name.

I don't think I need to wear a bikini to attract the audience. I will not do that.

You can't be a champion and look like a bum. You have to look, and be, the part. It's not just because it's required of your job, but is important to how you hold yourself.

I think objectifying women is not wrong if only her beauty is captured in an aesthetic manner.

I always wanted to be in charge of my own career. I like having my own imprint.

My father doesn't like to promote me every time, and he wants me to build my own image.