Iman Quotes

I really do believe that my style is informed by the fact that I had such issues with my appearance at various times of my life.

I wish I was better looking.

I gave up on my looks a long time ago.

I'm ugly.

Oh, I had, 'No one will ever fancy me!' I had that well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. I don't mind the way I'm ageing. No reason to panic just yet. I think I look my age, and that's fine.

In the beginning, I was riddled with major complexes about my looks. Even now, here and there, these complexes crop up. But as the days progressed, I learnt to handle them much better.

I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'

My looks have changed, but I was never beautiful, so I'm not any less beautiful now.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

My eyes are too small, and they're too close together, and I have a pointy nose. But who cares? Who cares?!

Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look bloody awful. I think I'm turning into the actress from 'Dynasty,' Linda Evans.

The thing is that I never felt beautiful. I really never did. I think I can change my looks and be different things, but I've never thought of myself as this face.

I'm not as beautiful as a model.

I'm not a beautiful person and I never have been.

I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s.

If I can't be beautiful, I want to be invisible.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

So everyone has that problem, models have that problem, too.

I get so much mail from young women saying that they are so insecure when they look at me, but they don't realize all of the flaws that I have.

There are parts of me that I feel are beautiful, but they don't have anything to do with my nose.

I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so it's amusing that people like it!

What I do for a living means that people look at me. As an actress, you are scrutinized. You are not just dealing with your looks privately, you are on display. I have never been 100 percent comfortable in my own skin. I go through different phases. But I don't feel beautiful all the time, no.

I don't know if I was a desirable person, not just physically but emotionally and mentally and intellectually. I still have a long way go and a lot to learn, but I'm on my way, I don't think I'm terribly attractive, but I'm comfortable with my looks.