Geoff Dyer Quotes

With the publishing of The Basic Eight, it was often assumed that I was really immature and callow, and with the publishing of Watch Your Mouth, it was assumed that I was oversexualized, and with Lemony Snicket, it's often assumed that I'm erudite and depressed. But all the voices more or less came naturally to me.

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.

People tell me that my appearance in real life is better than on-screen. Perhaps people think I am exactly like the characters I play on TV.

I'm not funny. People assume that because my books are funny, I'll be funny in real life. It's the inevitable disappointment of meeting me.

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.

Actually, I look the same in real life as I do in the movies.

I'm still the same. That's why the fans love me. Because they need stability in the industry.

I've never been the sort of firebrand that I've been made out to be. I'm actually quite a mild person.

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person. Then I meet other writers and realize that they're not.

Fame is something that is tough when it comes. It's a weird thing to take on in real life. I was a little bit afraid and, as a result, kind of turned my back on it. You should embrace it because it's going to be a part of who you are, and it's going to be a part of what this business is about.

I do think people see us on WWE so often as just characters. They forget we have real lives and we go through similar situations as the average person.

I think sometimes when you see folks on TV, you are seeing the best part of their life, not the really tough part.

I have a positive outlook, but when you're out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

I did not want the audience to have the perception that I wore a bikini on screen.

I don't want to be known as 'oh, Dervla, when she's on stage she's very good but she's terribly dreary', or 'another heavy night with Kirwan.'

Vince was so great at the 'Mr. McMahon' character that some people think he wouldn't want to help people in real life, and that's just not true.

I barley read stuff about myself. Even when I see some article about myself in a paper or a magazine, nine out of 10 times, I skip it.

I am very different in real life as compared to whatever people have seen of me on the big screen.

Filmmakers are stuck with my glamorous image. Even if I sit in track pants and a T-shirt, I will still look glamorous. That's the way I am. But there's more to me. I'm a real person.

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

As you get a lot of exposure, a lot of people looking at you, you have to take it more so how you carry yourself, how people view you. You have to worry about your image.

In real life, I'm far more lighthearted than I come across on the records.

WOW and Impact are both different brands, but Tessa Blanchard never changes. I'm the same Tessa Blanchard there as with Impact.

I haven't talked to the press much. That's why I've gotten kind of a bad reputation. They look at me and think I don't give a damn. But I'm not comfortable with the attention.

I'm teetotal and a vegetarian, which is sometimes a surprise to people who meet me expecting me to resemble one of the characters in my books.