Irvine Welsh Quotes

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

I'm probably one of the most misunderstood people in the league.

My reputation precedes me all the time, but I'm not the monster people think I am.

The biggest misunderstanding about me is that I'm just a bratty, gobby idiot.

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

People think I'm going to be this really dark human when they meet me.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

Everyone believes or perceives me to be a ruthless cynic, but far from it.

Most of my career, people have the misconception about me as being threatening and scary, and having an intense look, but that's not the real me.

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

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.

I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go "ugh." I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.

I wanted to show the real side of me because of the unfair things that people said about me, but I realized that it was impossible and tried to think of why people thought of me in that manner.

I had such a reputation, and it was sad because I felt like it so didn't represent who I really was.

I feel like my entire career and life, I've been judged by people who did not really know me. I definitely think that they probably were right to assume what they had assumed about me, because there was such little to go on out there.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

Any description of a person that comes from the outside is very hard to deal with. People don't like being summarised. It's nice to receive a compliment, but it makes me feel a bit uncomfortable.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

When I was 18, 19, I was presented as the 'aw shucks' Nebraska kid who's coming up with a big serve, and then I flipped out a couple of times, and then I was ueber-brat, when I feel like there's parts of both, but I don't think I am either one, if that makes sense.

There's a discrepancy between what you think you are and what other people think you are.

I could easily not be the person that people know.

But people who do not know me are surprised to see me as a real person I guess.