Elbert Hubbard Quotes

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

I don't think I'm really a rude person, but now I see myself on television, I think, 'Oh, God, that is a bit strong.' And I wonder if I've always been like that and I haven't been aware of it.

I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

We never see ourselves as others see us.

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

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.

I can't control what people think. They know who I am.

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

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. Maybe things would have gone differently for me in some ways if I had.

I find it weird to use my own voice on TV.

It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

Women think the people that I play are smoldering and dangerous. I look in the mirror, and I go, 'I don't get it.'

Every once in a while, you need a reminder of how people see you, view you.

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

People will see me at Chelsea the way I am and judge me the way they want to.

You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you.

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

I try not to be topless any more because I don't want that to be my thing.

I am not aware of my public image or what people think of me. I don't evaluate myself that way.

I don't think I look like I do on the telly.

I think it's strange for people to read about themselves, no matter what's portrayed or how it's portrayed. But they get used to it, and I think they're fine with it.

I introspect on how I am perceived by other people. It's been this way since my childhood.

In terms of what people think about me, the truth of the matter is, I guess I care to a certain extent, but not enough to try to go out in the public and plead for some kind of new understanding of me.