Michael Portillo Quotes

I purposefully did not want to watch anything I've done so far; I actually don't like looking at my face, so I don't like watching myself on the screen. It's an insecurity thing I have.

It's never enjoyable watching yourself. Because you're never as good looking as you hope you are. You're not expecting to be Penelope Cruz... but I'm a female of the species. I have my hang-ups and all of that.

The pressure to look good is intense. It is hard to be immune to that and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

Since I was a little child, my nose - I think it's too big.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.

People think I have an interesting walk. Hell, I'm just trying to hold my gut in.

The actor in me would always like to be more dashing, or slimmer, or have nicer hair.

Unattractive people are more obsessed with looks.

People think I'm goofy. I don't have that Angelina Jolie air to me. I wish that I did, and that's an insecurity of mine.

In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.

I used to be very vain about my thumbs. I have fat thumbs. If there's a movie where you see me on the phone, it's not my hands.

I've worked with some people that just spent hours and hours and hours in the mirror, and just so much importance is based on that. And I do find that sad.

I don't think I look great. I only see flaws in myself on the small screen. I make an extra effort to look good.

Most people experience some insecurity regarding one or more of their physical traits.

We're just so self-conscious. However much we try not to be, on some level, especially as a woman and an actress, you have so much pressure when it comes your hair and the bags under your eyes and your skin.

I hate to look at myself in a mirror, and I never go and see films.

I'm never satisfied with the way I look.

I'm very uncomfortable about the way I look but confident as a man.

I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it.

I don't like to look at myself in the mirror, which is why my eye makeup is always crooked.

I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything.

Despite what I do for a living, I am very insecure about my body.

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

I was naturally skinny and had braces, so I wasn't a cute model.