David Letterman Quotes

It's a terrific responsibility trying to look right. There is so much to think about - clothes, makeup, hair. You have to look right for your fans.

I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

If I'm going to be on national T.V. without my shirt on, I've got to look good.

A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.

Because I'm on my own on stage and wear bare feet and look like a pixie, people always think I'm little.

It is very important to look good in the entertainment industry.

The thing about spending a lifetime under a long, bushy cloud of curls is that people naturally began associating me with my hair.

Part of my job is to be looked at and I do think we live in a world where you are judged on your looks. If you look at someone you previously liked and they look old and decrepit, I don't think it's that pleasant.

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

How is it possible that Courtney Love looks worse than Kurt Cobain?

President Reagan is a lot like E.T. He's cute, he's lovable, and he knows nothing about how Americans live.

You can wear your hair long or wear a beard because you want to show that you are interested in thought, in psychological endeavors rather than appearance.

Chris Martin looks like a geography teacher.

Being known for Bond, certainly when you're in foreign countries, makes people curious. You get to see presidents because their wives were curious; their children were curious about Bond or The Saint or whatever. Then once you have your foot through the door, you can then let them see that you're serious about what you're talking about, and not just a twit.

I think hair gel was invented to make it easier to identify assholes from a distance.

The most important thing I have to say to you today is that hair matters. Pay attention to your hair, because everyone else will.

I try to look nice. I comb my hair, I tie my tie, I put on a jacket, but I draw the line when it comes to trimming my eyebrows. You work with what you got.

I'm sure you have heard it said that appearance does not matter so much, and that it is what's on the inside that counts. This is, of course, utter nonsense, because if it were true then people who were good on this inside would would never have to comb their hair or take a bath, and the whole world would smell even worse than it already does.

I'd like to wake up and look like Brad Pitt in the morning, but I don't. I look in the mirror, and I see me.

If you're asking whether I intentionally mess up my hair, no, I don't. And certain things, like my freckles, they're just there. I don't do anything consciously. I suppose I could get contact lenses. I suppose I could comb my hair more often.

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable.

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

I remember when I first started to be photographed, people couldn't understand how it was possible to go around with no eyelashes, no eyebrows. Now it's much more accepted for people not to wear eyelashes or lipstick or whatever they do, but then it was quite freaky. Um, a kind of boiled look.