Johnny Thunders Quotes

Everybody perceives me because of my career that I'm a movie star, or I'm this model, but I'm still the same person I was when I was a little girl.

I don't think people know me at all. At the end of the day, if you see me in sequins and glitter out at a club, you might think that's all there is. But, you know, it's just glitter. My friends who I've known since I was 17 - they know who I am.

I know very well the difference between my image and who I am.

People see me with sparkles and fake tan but nobody knows what I am like!

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

Well, I think most people understand that there's a big difference between who you are and who, you know, you play.

One goes on with the blithe belief that who you really are is transparent to everybody. Then you realise, with some horror, that in fact it's not. So all you can do is keep muddying the waters a bit.

You know, most people really don't know me.

In my job, I am portrayed as a misfit, a grandiose high fashion lady or an unearthly creature. At home, it's important I can look in the mirror, strip away the disguise and be comfortable with who stares back.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

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

I'm actually much more shy and self-conscious than people's perception of me.

At least when you're acting you can be someone. In front of the camera you have to be yourself. And who am I?

I have a producer friend who despairs that I come across as rather frosty and never show the real me, and she might have a point.

Every man has three characters - that which he exhibits, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

I play a little guitar, write a few tunes, make a few movies, but none of that's really me. The real me is something else.

In our subconscious, we all know we're playing roles.

I am pretty much who I seem, and it's not a television host.

And the idea of ourselves is our escape from the fact what we really are.

I am not a glam woman - this definitely is a mask I put on for the public.

I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves. They didn't bother to find out who and what I was. Instead they would invent a character for me. I wouldn't argue with them. They were obviously loving somebody I wasn't.

And identity is funny being yourself is funny as you are never yourself to yourself except as you remember yourself and then of course you do not believe yourself.