Shaun Tan Quotes

I was over-confident while growing up. I think when you look a certain way, you try and compensate by something else. I was always a strong child, was always confident, but looks never mattered to me.

Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

I started to model because I thought I could use it as an excuse to others, like, 'Yeah, I'm tall because I'm a model.'

I don't think I'm boring.

I think I think I am Superwoman sometimes but I am not.

I've always had a complex about being taken seriously.

I couldn't work my way into being a good-looking guy.

In my big group of girlfriends at home, I am definitely not the best looking. I did not grow up feeling like I was particularly attractive.

Prior to being bullied, I was a very footloose sixth-grader. You know, I was quirky, I was creative - I really felt good in my own body. And when I was bullied in seventh grade, my self-esteem tanked.

Okay, I am happy with the way I look, but I have never, never, ever thought of myself as a 'pretty girl.' Honestly. When I read some of these scripts I'm sent, and they describe the heroine as 'incredibly beautiful,' I wonder why they sent it to me.

For some reason, I struggle seeing myself as a leading man.

I regard myself as a man without charm in a country of charmers.

I felt like when I took my weave out, I wasn't pretty, I wasn't noticeable.

When everyone is telling you, 'You're so beautiful, there's nobody like you,' you begin to think it's true. But of course there is nobody like you.

Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.

Let's be honest: I call myself a titan. I've got issues.

I tried to make up for being 5 ft. 3 in. by affecting a strut and adopting the voice of a much bigger man... dating tall, beautiful women... But nothing I could do, after Ava had left me, would add a single inch to my height.

When a woman confuses what she is with what she wears, then something is wrong inside.

I had nothing growing up, but I always wanted to be 'sexy,' even before I knew what the word was.

From my side, there was no acceptance to this fact that I am any less than anyone around me. So there was a certain discomfort that I felt growing up that I am not seen as I want to be seen as.

I am not a beauty queen, and I was not the popular girl in high school.

I'm not cute.

I am an insecure person. I have my own insecurities about lots of things, but I am pretty secure as an actor.

I'm not a cool girl. I wish I was.