Brian Blessed Quotes

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

Usually when people see me, they see me as more of the soft-spoken one rather than being the witty, smart-tongued character.

People have a certain mindset about me, they know me to be a very serious person as I don't party much nor am I overtly active on social media but there is more to me than what is imbibed in their minds.

I noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.

Even though I wear glasses, I'm not just a mousy person who stays in my room - even though I do sometimes stay in my room and read.

I think people reckon I am prim and proper.

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

Some people have called me arrogant or believe that is my reputation, which is far from what I really am like.

I would do the baby voice and it's kind of like this character I made up. But in real life, I'm completely different. I'm very smart. I think a lot of people will assume I'm an airhead.

She's the quiet type who's into heavy metal.

If people think I'm a laid-back guy, that's their mistake.

I'm definitely not your stereotypical actor: the loud, cackling type who strolls into a room and grabs everyone's attention with a great story. I've always been much more of a listener.

I've known attractive airheads, and I've known ugly idiots.

People think that I'm very serious.

Whenever I play something, everybody just thinks that's who I am.

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.'

People who don't know me look at my world as something very hard-core, and I don't feel it that way. It's not what attracts me.

I have this fear of coming across as a Barbie doll who got lucky. Style is a big part of who I am, but it's not who I am. Ya know?

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

I don't know why people think I'm this ad-lib dude.

I was pretty quiet as a child.

Maybe there's a perception of me as grumpy old bugger who suffers from depression. It's a total misconception. I don't think of myself as any grumpier than the next person. I'm not even grumpy first thing in the morning.

Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.

People might think I'm a bit more intimidating than I am.

Most people say I look mean, and because I play so many tough roles and because of my size and my martial arts background, they think I am, but I'm really not.