Jay Parini Quotes

I was never my favourite subject.

I'm not hard on myself - I brush those things off - but there are days when I'm pleased with myself, and days when I think I have elf ears.

When i was younger I was much more self focussed. I was worried about my self-image. I thought I was too fat. I was very critical of myself, and then I met and got to know and understand my husband. He helped me turn myself around. He had such a positive attitude towards life.

I can't look at the mirror beyond two minutes. I don't know what to look at. What is the point of looking at yourself? You can't change your face.

Now, I'm not the kind of guy who likes to look in the mirror and say, 'Oh, you're the best.'

Everybody thinks I am a narcissist. I am actually the opposite of that.

Maybe I am just a jerk.

The time will come when it will disgust you to look in the mirror.

I think comedy comes more from a low sense of self-esteem, and I certainly have that.

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 don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

If I saw my 15-year-old self now, I'd think I wasn't that bad, but back then I perceived myself as awful.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection.

I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.

I always told, Sandra Bullock was my student when she was younger, I always told her it's important that we hold on to our insecurity, the wisdom of insecurity.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

One thing that I am proud of: I am really capable of laughing at myself.

If I don't like seeing myself on the screen, I think when I start seeing that, that's when I think I'll stop.

We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

It's tough being me.

I'm not great at talking about myself.

I have no desire to look at myself.

I want to get comfortable with my insecurities until I am no longer insecure. I want to be comfortable in my skin so that I do not need to dump any of my discomfort onto someone else in the form of judgment.

What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.