Jorja Smith Quotes

We can be so hard on ourselves. And other people can, too - there's so much criticism out there!

I walked on eggshells a lot. I have a bad self-esteem problem, and my father probably facilitated it. He once looked at me very seriously when I was about 15 and had whipped cream smeared all over myself. He said, 'You'd do anything for a laugh, wouldn't you?'

All my life, men have told me I wasn't pretty enough - even the men I was dating. And I'd be like, 'Well, why are you with me, then?' It's always been men putting me down just like my dad. To this day when someone says I'm cute, I can't see it. I don't see it no matter what anybody says.

Whether it's a spouse, family member, coworker, former classmate, or the mother of your child's best friend - you know exactly what I mean. Just when you feel your worst and are judging yourself harshly, someone comes along who seems determined to make you feel even worse about yourself than you already do. Who needs it?

The hardest part is just hearing people saying that I won't amount to crap, and that I'm going to be a bust.

As an actor, you can certainly, at any moment and at any time, discover 400 people who think you're stupid, fat and ugly.

I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling.

I was fortunate to have had a lively, happy childhood, but somewhere along the way I convinced myself I wasn't wanted anywhere or by anyone if I wasn't thin.

I am very harsh on myself. I can point out a list. My nose is very strange. I have a very round face. I sound so ungrateful. Obviously I'm being hard on myself. Whether it's body dysmorphia, or whatever it is, I can always find something wrong.

I was put off by people at school - my cabbage wasn't as good as other people's, you know, so that put me off.

I was told my whole life, you're fat, you're ugly, you're never going to amount to be anything.

And it is easy to believe you are not good enough if you listen to everybody else.

Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself.

I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.

I think all my videos suck.

Parents can make us distrust ourselves. To them, we seem always to be works-in-progress.

I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.

You read glowing things and it doesn't feel deserved. You read things that are critical and it cuts you to the bone.

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews?

If someone tells you often enough you're worthless, you start to believe it.

I've been as critically rubbished as acclaimed and the worst thing about that is that it usually plays into your own self-criticism.

I grew up in a household where I learned five things from my old man. You know what they were? You're no good. You're a failure. You're not going to amount to anything. Don't trust nobody, and don't tell nobody your business. When I lost to Larry Holmes in 1982, I felt all five of those things smacked me right across the face.

Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life.

I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young.

I always have to brace myself when I visit my parents. My mom often greets me with a slew of nonconstructive criticisms: 'Jimmy, why is your face so fat? Your clothes look homeless and your long hair makes you look like a girl.' After 30 years of this, my self-image is now a fat homeless lesbian.