David Bailey Quotes

I am an ordinary man.

I'm not allowed to get a big head, I've still got to do the simple things in life.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

I am just an ordinary person trying to do an ordinary job.

I'm not claiming to be anything out of the ordinary. I am not especially big or strong or brave or intrepid.

I'm not part of the cultural elite. I'm a down-home girl. Always have been, always will be.

I don't consider myself to be an extraordinary person.

I'm a simple man and success doesn't go to my head.

I'm not a glamorous girl.

I am not flash at all really, never have been.

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

I don't know, the word 'famous' just sounds really weird to me, because I'm just me.

I am just a Flemish girl with her feet on the ground.

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.

I like attractive people who aren't so terribly aware that they are attractive... people who aren't afraid to roll on the floor and make fools out of themselves.

I don't look at myself as a hero or smart person. I have a seventh-grade education, but I've had a lot of fun.

Take events in your life seriously, take work seriously, but don't take yourself seriously, or you'll become affected, pompous and boring.

I haven't left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I'm incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.

I have no self-centeredness or ego about being a movie star.

I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!

Some people think I can only do fancy; I don't know why. I'm a pretty easy person, really. Low maintenance. I get on with things, and I'm comfortable anywhere.

I would not take for granted that my personal life - because I knew better than anybody - that it was just a life. It was surprisingly an ordinary life.

You couldn't get less royal than me.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Actually, I think it's quite sensible not to take yourself too seriously.