David Johansen Quotes

I was never my favourite subject.

If I'm honest I don't think the world would miss me if I never acted again.

No, it's not comfortable; I hate watching myself. You don't like when you hear your voice on your voicemail; imagine having to see yourself 30 feet wide and 30 feet big.

Seeing myself on the screen makes me cringe. I understand that I am that way - pouty.

I don't like seeing myself on television. I don't like it.

I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?'

I always feel kind of awkward when I look at pictures of myself. Watching videos of myself is really uncomfortable.

Listening back to your speaking voice for the first time, unless you're James Earl Jones, it's a quite distressing process for most people.

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.

I don't like catching myself in the mirror because it's like, 'Oh, self.'

It's spooky to look at yourself, because you are never quite what you think you are. And you are never as good looking as the person you are acting with, or something like that. So I learned to stay away from it because it was giving me more negative feelings than positive ones.

I can't listen to my own voice, I don't like it. You see all your mistakes when you hear your voice. You see all your imperfections.

I often don't see what I've done, or I cringe when I watch myself.

Am I a 'woman of action'? I don't think of myself that way.

My whole life, I've felt like I didn't quite measure up.

Ultimately, I'm not so sure that, as a person, I'm all that interesting.

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.

For myself, I do not now know in any concrete human terms wherein my individuality consists. In my present human form of consciousness I simply cannot tell.

If you ask me to play myself, I will not know what to do. I do not know who or what I am.

I don't even like hearing my own voice on an answering machine.

When people say I look intimidating, it's hard for me to relate to. I hear that a lot. I don't know why.

I don't really like watching myself - it isn't necessarily one of my favourite things to do.

I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it.

Every article I've read about myself always winds up concluding that I am not, in fact, completely stupid.

I'm always shocked when I see myself because I don't recognize myself.