Dan Savage Quotes

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.

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

When I look in the mirror I see the girl I was when I was growing up, with braces, crooked teeth, a baby face and a skinny body.

I never thought I was pretty enough. I was kind of tall and lanky. I don't mind it now, but back in the day I hated it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's going to be pretty about me later.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

I used to think I was ugly because I was the baby.

I am not an insecure person at heart, but I am also aware that I am not as good looking as an actress is expected to be.

I had very bad acne growing up. I had braces for six years, from the fifth to the 11th grade. I didn't look in the mirror and feel like someone who should be on TV.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

I'll have people ask if they can take a picture with me when I'm not wearing makeup and I'm like, 'I'm sorry, I don't have the self-confidence for that'.

Wrinkled, wrinkled little star... hope they never see the scars.

I think what you feel like as a teenager never really goes away. If you were teased for being fat or thin or having bad teeth, you're always insecure about that particular area of yourself. So I've never thought of myself as any kind of beauty, iconic or otherwise.

I don't particularly like photos of myself, though.

Self-esteem can be so exhausting. I want to cut my hair, change my clothes, erase the pimple from the near-tip of my nose, and strengthen my upper-arm definition, all in the next hour.

I don't like my face. I don't like to look at it.

You have to be really comfortable with yourself because people are going to tell you that you're eyes are too brown or you're this or you're that. And if you're not comfortable with yourself, you could get pretty freaked out.

Jimmy Stewart said he stopped making movies because he didn't like the way he looked on screen anymore. I'm more the guy who says I look like hell but I'm going to see where it gets me.

I'm ugly.

The truth was I felt ugly growing up. I only really started feeling comfortable in myself when I was 40.

When I was younger, I was insecure for about 10 years: I wore glasses, had a cow's lick, buck teeth and braces. I looked ridiculous.

Anyone who thinks they're sexy needs their head checked.

Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.

I never had a desire to be famous... I was fat. I didn't know any fat famous actresses... You know, once a fat kid, always a fat kid. Because you always think that you just look a little bit wrong or a little bit different from everyone else. And I still sort of have that.

No, I never ever considered myself attractive.