Teri Polo Quotes

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

I don't care what people's myths are about me.

It’s not what you are that counts; it’s what people think you are.

Every once in a while, you need a reminder of how people see you, view you.

I don't know what people think of me.

I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.

I don't know how I'm really perceived in the world.

I would say most people assume that I'm not very smart or educated or earnest, because I have this image that I'm sort of narcissistic, chasing attention, and wanting people to like me. It makes me laugh because I've done plenty of interviews and when you read the article from beginning to end you can see that I'm not your typical music video model.

...and yet I am what they think I am.

I know I'm not a saint, but I'm not the guy I'm made out to be by others.

A large part of my career is due to perception, what people think what I am or should be.

I just want people to know that I'm a good person, and I'm not a thug like everybody thinks I am.

There's stigmas attached to anything that makes you, in the public's eye, seem weak. So of course, you know, you're in a business where your image, and the way people perceive you, you are taught, is important.

Young people are often portrayed in a very negative and stereotypical manner.

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

I don't care what I look like; it's how people think of me. And I do care how people think of me. I want people to say, 'Oh, she's nice,' rather than, 'Oh, she's so pretty.'

I get recognized more for my tattoos than my face.

In real life, I am nothing like a playboy.

I'm really not about changing my image.

A lot of people don't believe I was a soldier. They look at my luscious hair and wacky bow-tie collection and immediately put me down as some kind of supernatural geek.

I haven't changed, but people's perception changed.

I introspect on how I am perceived by other people. It's been this way since my childhood.

I don't know how I got such an image, but I am not a Casanova. It's an image that I wouldn't have liked for myself.

For publicity purposes, everything gets simplified, and the fact that I wear glasses and am somewhat bookish makes me a geek. That's fine; there needs to be a shorthand, but there are important geek traits that I don't really share.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.