Claire Danes Quotes

We are all unappealing. It is just a matter of how much we let people see it.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

Balthazar Balsan is not a self-portrait. If he was, I'd have made the character more flattering.

For me, it's about not being too aware of what you look like because if you are, you're trying too hard and I don't think that actually makes you look good... I've known from very early on that I don't look perfect.

Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.

I'm not an actor, I'm not good looking. It's not what I do, and I don't want to be one. Maybe if I watched myself I would then try to be one.

I find if my character is more glamorous, I become more conscious of what I look like.

It's very hard to look at the man in the mirror. Because you can't hide anything.

I don't always look so beautiful.

I think that deprecation part is a very important aspect because when someone looks into themselves, if they're going to be honest, they're going to see parts that are humiliating as well as parts that they might feel really great about. Take Lucas Samaras again, who made a lot of self-portraits. He makes one self-portrait where he is looking directly into the camera and looks so intense and cool. He says in an interview, "I wanted to present the best version of myself."

When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.

Maybe I am just a jerk.

Whatever talents I possess may suddenly diminish or suddenly increase. I can with ease become an ordinary fool. I may be one now. But it doesn't do to upset one's own vanity.

I'm as vain as the next guy. I have a facade on right now. But you can't see it, because it's reality-based.

I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.

You bring out a lot of your own thoughts and attitudes when acting. I think a great deal of it has to do with the inner you.

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

It's not a prerequisite for an actor to be obsessed about his looks. I know there are people who don't look in the mirror at all, and I'm getting there.

If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?

The most difficult secret for a man to keep is his own opinion of himself.

Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.

It's a bit embarrassing watching myself, but I couldn't get someone else to play me, that would've been stupid.

You have no idea how fragile an actor's self-worth is.

I don't know what my appeal is. I can see I've got blue eyes and don't look like the Hunchback of Notre Dame but I can't understand the fuss.