Jean Smart Quotes

Seeing, feeling, thinking, believing - these are the stages of how we change our style on the outside and our self-image on the inside.

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'm an outgoing girl, and I can't help the way I look.

Personality is more important than beauty, but imagination is more important than both of them.

I am not stupid - I'm not young, and I'm not beautiful.

I think it's somebody else's job to decide what my image is.

I don't see myself as angry, although other people see that. I just see myself as a short, dumpy guy with bad feet, and I'm passionate.

I have beauty, intelligence, individuality, sensuality and sexuality.

I feel that a lot of sexy people never say that they are sexy.

I simply did not want my face to be my talent.

I want to exude strength and intelligence.

We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.

I used to draw stickmen with star glasses when I was at school. I didn't realise that would end up being me! The whole idea was that the glasses had mirrors, and if a youngster looked at me, they'd see themselves. Everybody is a star.

I define myself.

In real life, I feel tiny and quite embarrassed all the time. But when people come up to me in France and want to talk to Christine, it's okay. It's cool. Because they're really talking about themselves, their own Christines.

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

I need to not be typecast as big, black, and dumb but be seen as an intelligent, witty, bold, and charismatic person.

For so long, I've been a little misunderstood as a person. You know, I do have this strut about me. I don't know if it's the Jersey girl in me. I like to think of myself as an egg, you know? Hard on the outside but soft on the inside.

I've been working on the way my originality, my body, my face, my original form is perceived by me.

Don't let your image, don't let your size, hold you back. If I had let my hips or my jiggly thighs hold me back or the fact that I've got these big heavy breasts, then I would not be where I am today.

I would rather be nuts than unattractive.

You're either sexy or you're not. I'm very self-conscious about my physiognomy.

I dress according to the requirement of the film, as a true actor. Off the camera, I'm just me. I have my preferences and my personal style. Before I step out, I look into the mirror just to confirm that my style is intact. Beyond this, it doesn't matter.

I think it is important for every actress to be able to feel whatever garment she has on because, we as women, we know when we look good. We know when we feel good.

I look OK. I look better in person than I do on film, which is bad because it's how I make my living, but I am not a beauty and on balance I am glad.