Emily Mortimer Quotes

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

Nothing's more charming than someone who doesn't take herself too seriously.

I never particularly thought of myself as great with girls. I can be awkward, and I have a strange sense of humor at times. But I've also been learning to try and embrace that.

I've learned to have a sense of humor about myself. Lord knows everyone else does!

I don't think anyone's ever accused me of too much self-love.

I'm just not self-deprecating.

You have to start laughing at yourself at some point.

Why would you want a picture with a wee, chubby guy from Bathgate? I just don't understand my appeal.

I'm totally cool being self-deprecating.

I'm a funny guy. You've got to be able to make fun of yourself. We only live once.

I think when you get to that point in your life where you're the first to laugh at yourself, you're at the best place of your life.

I can take the mick out of myself so whatever anyone has got to say about me I still find it funny.

I'm very comfortable discussing my personal life, because it's so boring.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

A critic once described me as an 'amiable beanpole.' I got it printed on a T-shirt.

I've always said that sexy is having a really strong sense of yourself and never taking yourself too seriously.

I feel like all my faults go into making the person that I am. I like myself as a person. And I think taking any fault away would change who I am as a person.

Believe it or not, I don't wake up looking like a supermodel.

You are absolutely free to describe me as a turtle or something.

Sexy at the millennium means having a solid sense of self but never taking yourself too seriously.

I have not taken my good looks seriously from the beginning. When I would be teased by my friends about my looks, I would just make a self-deprecating remark and let it pass.

The joke I always make about myself is that I'm self-involved, but I'm not vain.

I think that it's hard for vain people to be funny. I think you can look any way you want as long as you have a good sense of humor about yourself. People who are concerned with their looks and what they're wearing and how they present themselves tend to have less of a sense of humor about themselves.

I wish I could be as thin as Jessica Simpson. I think she looks gorgeous! I have had Jessica on my show several times, and I can tell you that girl is genuine and funny with a great self-deprecating sense of humor.

I've never taken myself too seriously.