Joey Chestnut Quotes

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

I feel that I'm sort of playing me but more feminine, and to me more feminine means smarter.

I feel like I am a good person and a professional, very able leader of men.

Here I am, this smart, bookish girl, and I have this biker-chick name.

I don't want to be the stupid blond. I want to be an actor.

I am fortunate in having this bone structure because I have a tremendously prominent temple. I like to think that's it's because I'm so intelligent. People say: 'You haven't got a line on your forehead.' I do. It's just the bones are holding them all out, and the cheekbones are holding my face up.

The biggest misconception people have about me is that I'm stupid.

People might find me attractive, but it's also my job to prove that I can be intelligent.

I don't think of myself as a leader. I am, but I don't think of myself that way. I'm not trying to belittle what I do, but I think of myself as a dancer first. I'll always be a dancer.

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues.

I was one of those guys who never wanted to start their own business. I never saw myself as a leader. I saw myself as a great No. 2.

I may have made my reputation as a general in the Army, and I'm very proud of that. But I've always felt that I was more than one-dimensional. I'd like to think I'm a caring human being.

I would like to be known as someone who was really sweet but also knowledgeable in all areas of life.

I'm a lot more creative than people can imagine.

People think I'm thick because of the characters I play. I think I'm brighter than the characters. Well, I hope I am.

As a small kid, I had this huge desire to be thought of as really clever.

I never thought I'd be the type of girl who'd be doing, like, fashion shoots.

My mom is a very independent person, and she's the funniest, smartest person in the room, all the time.

I don't want my title to define my character. I don't think, as a president, I will change.

I don't look in the mirror and see a president of the United States. I don't have that ambition.

I don't think of myself as a former actor. I think of myself as a reformed actor.

You can consider me stubborn, but I think I'm really intelligent.

I ask myself what is a dictator? I don't understand. It is some kind of terrible person, a bad person. But I am not frightening. I am not a bad person at all.

Personally, I like to think I'm like my old man. I like to think I have the brains he did.

I like being a role model - people have told me that I am a role model for empowered women, but I don't see myself that way.