Dawn Olivieri Quotes

I love playing these characters that are crazy tough, though. Because I am not in real life. Not at all.

Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.

I know I have a face like a model, but I’m actually just a goofy drama nerd underneath.

I'm a total nerd. I love fantasy.

I love the idea of things being strict and things being uniform. That's the reason why I surround each collection with humor or irony. I want to make sure that it's not too serious and that there is some element that throws it off because otherwise that would make it really boring. There's always a story that's somewhat fantastical.

I love science fiction stuff - I'm a bit of a dweeb like that.

My humor is my creativity, and my skepticism is a gift.

I'm an unorthodox type of guy, a funny guy - at least I think I'm funny. And one of the things I like to do is come up with nicknames for myself.

Me myself, Brian, I'm a Midwesterner at heart, and I have this deep, bone-dry sense of humor, and I've found it worked to combine this Barbie with a dry, sarcastic man.

I think I'm funnier in my writing than in person.

I'm not really that nerdy.

I loved humor. I had that in me.

People tend to think I'm a lot more earnest than I am.

I never thought I was funny.

I'm a very serious guy. I try to counter that predisposition of being a serious person with all this tomfoolery that I love to do so much. I really enjoy it; that's why I do it. I don't like the way I am... perhaps my natural default is to be that way, and I don't like that.

I am naturally prone to fun or to be funny, but when I talk about myself in interviews, then it's an intellectual exercise.

Make believe I'm right.

When a Dalmatian sees a cow he must be like, 'What the hell happened to him? I am high right now. That dalmatian is fat and smeary.' When the cow sees the Dalmatian he must be like, 'He looks amazing. I am so out of shape, this is ridiculous. My tits are on the ground here.

It makes me itch to think of myself as Captain Beefheart. I don't even have a boat.

Whoever said blondes have more fun hasn't met me.

Being me is funny. I've made this weird character, and I think it's really funny.

It's not about the outside, it's the inside. But dressing on the outside can help the inside.

The way you dress is the billboard that tells perceptive people how you feel about yourself.

Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

Well the thing is, once you have a snow leopard it's difficult to go back. Everything is going to be slightly disappointing. It's very telling what your choice would be. Because that's probably how you see yourself. We used to play that game as kids and you'd say if you were animal what would you be and it'd usually be the opposite of what it should be. But all animals have got their virtues. You know, cockroaches got virtues.