Agnetha Faltskog Quotes

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go "ugh." I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.

The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's widely publicized remark about my virginity, contributed to what has been called my "image", which is a word that baffles me. There never was any intent on my part either in my acting or in my private life to create any such thing as an image.

For a long time, I was portrayed as the Osama bin Laden of the Internet, and I really wanted to be able to tell my side of the story. I wanted to be able to explain exactly what I did and what I didn't do to people who thought they knew me.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

A lot of the stories I've read about myself, I don't even recognize who they're writing about.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

I'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser!

In the beginning, the media was calling me a bad boy all the time because of the way I act and feel onstage. None of them have ever taken the time to get to know me when I climb offstage.

The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

People misunderstand who I truly am. Truly who I am. If I go somewhere, people just think I'm a party boy 24/7.

There is a tendency in the media to simplify me to the point that I am somehow a tough guy. I think there is a lot more to me.

I don't think I even have a clear perspective of how I'm depicted in the media.

I think people understand I'm not actually the real Thomas Jefferson.

There's a perception in certain parts of the media that I love 'bling.' I love diamonds. I love to show off. I really don't understand where that comes from.

It's kind of stupid that people think I'm just partying all the time.

It's just crazy the way people portray me.

That image of who I was publicly was so solidified. You're that person. And it wasn't even close to a true representation of where I was in my life.