Ellen Page Quotes

It's odd seeing yourself on screen at all.

Whenever I see a mirror, I just look at myself, or when I see my own reflection, I quickly take a look; I won't lie about that. But when I am in front of the camera, it's just the character, not me.

It's difficult to see yourself up on screen without being a critic.

When I watch myself on TV, it's impossible not to say, 'Is that really what my neck looks like?'

When I watch myself on camera, in any capacity - being interviewed, performing, 20 years ago or yesterday - there's a part of me that really doesn't grasp that it's me.

I could easily not be the person that people know.

It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

I don't have all that great an awareness of how people see me in life. I don't find myself thinking about it a lot.

From a self-conscious standpoint, it's hard to see myself on a screen in a way that isn't just me playing music or doing something silly.

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

Well, the real Eric Bogosian is pretty self-conscious of himself.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

I went through a period where I was really tired of seeing and reading about myself.

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

I don't like watching myself on TV, I don't like reading about myself.

I don't even watch my own actual self on TV.

I think it is easier to hear my voice than see myself onscreen, particularly as the years progress. Watching myself onscreen becomes less and less enthralling.

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

I never thought I was right for TV or that TV was right for me.

A lot of people think I'm going to be like someone who's stepped out of one of his own cartoons. And maybe I am. But I sure have a hard time analyzing it.