Alexander Siddig Quotes

You're not actually being a good actor all the time. But people refer to me as a good actor because they read it someplace, not because they've made up their own mind. So I'm very lucky!

The way people see you is the way you really are.

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.

It is thus with most of us; we are what other people say we are. We know ourselves chiefly by hearsay.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

I think that if I am notorious, it is because other people have decided that this is how I should be.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.

I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

I mean, I don't really pay too much attention publicly to what people think.

You are what you're portrayed as.

What people will say about me then - or maybe not say - will be the only thing that finally counts.

We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual.

If people view somebody as great, then he is.

I don't know that any of us can control our own image. We are what other people see.

People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

Let's say for instance people say, "He's a really totalitarian, strict guy, he's hard to work with or whatever." I don't think it's true, but people's perception of me leads that direction, like I'm a fundamentalist person. I end up having to spend extra time saying, "I'm not a fundamentalist." I have other stuff to do.

Since we live in the heads of those who remember us, we lose control of our lives and become who they want us to be.

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.

If you go too far down the rabbit hole of what people think about you, it can change everything about who you are.

It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.

It's not important what other people call you. If you yourself know you're a fake, that's tougher to live with.