William Lashner Quotes

I'm basically a professional nerd, and I'm still not cool. I'm around people who are cool sometimes, and I know I'm not them. But that's OK; I don't care.

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

I think that when a person is insecure about who they are or who they want to be, then it translates on screen, and the choices they make are all about perception.

I always wanted to be where the cool was because I didn't think I was cool. But music was cool.

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

I wasn't the cool kid in school, but I wasn't the lame one. I knew I wasn't cool, so I called myself lame, and that's what made me cool in front of the cool kids.

I was never cool as a kid.

I knew in my heart that I wasn't cool, but I figured I could at least be cool by association.

I've never considered myself cool, and I don't think I ever will be. Honestly, it's better that way. It's much less pressure.

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

I'm not that good looking.

People call me crazy and a madman. Even 'Tasmanian Devil.' I'd rather be called the 'Tasmanian Angel.'

Why in the world would anyone want to photograph an old woman like me?

I've always been a big guy, whether it's been a fat kid, a fat young adult, or a fat adult. I was always sort of... I guess the term would be 'popular.' I never dealt with a lot of name-calling or any of the bullying you'd think a fat kid might have to deal with.

All of us, no matter how we look born into this world, feel something like the Hunchback. It doesn't matter if you have a beautiful face or not.

Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.

If you're a kid who's not necessarily attractive, and you don't have money, and you're not hip and cool, chances are you're not going to feel good about yourself and want to be an actor.

I didn't quite believe I was pretty for a long time. I never thought about it.

When I was younger, the pressure was just being cool. I never thought of myself as a cool guy. I always thought of myself as more of the goofy guy.

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

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

I always doubted myself. I doubted the way I looked, my body, my voice - everything.

Sometimes I'm sexy, and sometimes I'm not.