Kevin Kwan Quotes

I suppose the common idea of me is that I'm going to be someone who's hyper and cracking jokes all the time, but people who meet me are soon disabused of that notion.

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

I have the terrible feeling that, because I am wearing a white beard and am sitting in the back of the theatre, you expect me to tell you the truth about something. These are the cheap seats, not Mount Sinai.

I think because of the eccentricity of my work and how I dress, people expect me to be bouncing off the walls. But that's just not how I am.

People assume I sell a lot more records than I actually do. I really don't sell any.

I'm actually quite a nice person. It's to do with the way I look, an uncompromising sort of face, brusque delivery and voice, and I think the combination of all that. When I'm doing pantomime, children will scream the place down before I open my mouth. There's obviously something that really gets them.

I think people will be surprised to find that I'm not as much of an idiot as they think I am. I'm not a real moron.

When people meet me, many times they're very surprised because they expect someone who is kind of wacky with seven piercings and very hip and cool and New York City, and I'm not.

I think my own look makes people think I'm tough, but when they get to know me I'm very different.

Image is what people perceive my life to be. It's nothing like the truth.

I read all the time that people think I'm arrogant. They say I am cocky, a bad character. I had that from a young age. But when they meet me, they say, 'That image doesn't fit you.'

And people are intrigued if I really am as grumpy in real life. People feel a bit let down if I'm laughing or smiling.

I think some people see me as being some kind of lovable, bumbling buffoon, and I'm actually quite mouthy and sharp, and that doesn't compute.

The strange thing about people considering me upbeat is that I'm really not.

Things are not always as they seem.

I think everybody who sees me would think that I'm really scary or something. But I'm not!

Kimbo Slice the man, you watch the YouTube videos of this guy in backyards, and they start fighting and you think this guy's a thug. You think he's a bad guy, you have this perception of him and then you meet him, it isn't true. It's the exact opposite. He's a really good guy.

People are disappointed that you aren't exactly who they thought you were, as opposed to somebody who's just walking around trying to get some laundry done.

Most people seem to think I'm the kind of guy who shaves with a blowtorch. Actually I'm bookish and worrisome.

Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe.

Everyone expects me to be 9 feet tall and weigh 200 pounds when they meet me.

A lot of times, I feel like people come up to me because they think I'm like my character in 'Easy A', or because they've seen me in interviews, but really what they're a fan of is a movie or a character.

We're not the millionaires that people think when they see busses.

People assume when my hair is long that I am a lot cooler than I actually am. I am not opposed to this misconception, by the way, but it is a misconception.

Reality is the name we give to our disappointments.