John C. Reilly Quotes

I was bullied every day at school because I carried a briefcase. I could have left it at home. But I thought it looked great! I didn't understand why anyone else didn't think so.

We used to take it really hard when people criticized us about what we were wearing, but not anymore.

I used to be more self-conscious about style because when you're younger, you want to exist, you want to show everything you do.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

Possibly because I grew up not feeling very confident about my own physical appearance, I developed internal devices so that I could integrate into society.

You know all those models who say, 'I was so tall and lanky and everyone picked on me at school' - I was not that girl. I hear that and I'm like, 'Oh, you poor thing!'

I've always been the girl the kids in school would be like, 'What is she wearing?' Then eventually some trends would stick.

I didn't feel attractive in high school.

People keep asking me if I am having more fun, being blonde, but I always have fun! Whether I'm blonde, redhead, or brunette! I always have fun.

School is not a great place to have feminine features or a big nose, or to wear glasses or the wrong shoes.

I feel less pressure to dress for the eyes of other people now. I think that happened once I started modelling, near the end of high school.

It's so easy to be insecure about your looks or if you're wearing the right clothes, or your hair and makeup. And I think it's just so important to stay true to who you are.

If you feel like an idiot wearing neon yellow shorts, you shouldn't wear them.

Right from school, I got mockery for the way I look. I took it to heart early on. I admit there were times when I doubted myself.

I enjoy the way I look, but it's a joke.

I'd rather look ridiculous when everybody else does than plain and sensible all by myself.

I had horrible acne when I was a kid. I felt like a complete and utter ne'er do well and someone who didn't fit in and wasn't handsome. So, I understand implicitly, and with a great amount of empathy, a man or human being that feels that way.

I say whatever I want, I look whatever I want. That doesn't mean I don't question myself and feel insecure.

I don't mind not being cool.

I love how you can look different, and it changes your mood.

I don't look good in tights. I know that.

I just couldn't get into the high school scene at all. I was fat, ugly and weird. I just couldn't do the makeup and the hairdos.

I used to make fun of the kids in school who acted or went to dance class.

I have no fears when it comes to my hair or clothes.

I think a lot of young kids at school are very conscious of trying to keep credibility in case they kind of stand out in a crowd and get bullied by trying to stay cool and stuff. And my whole thing, all the way through school, was I was just a goof... I didn't care.