T. S. Eliot Quotes

Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.

The me on '8 Out Of 10 Cats' is the side I'd show to my mates.

For me, there's no dichotomy between being shy or a performer, because I think it's more a way of slightly presenting a version of things to the world.

When I have to be in public, I can't be in a bad mood.

Because when you're posed, you know someone's watching. You put on your very best smile. You let your sweetest personality shine.

Everyone has a mirror face that's so different from their natural face. And I think it's interesting, seeing the way people want to be viewed when they're putting themselves together.

I don't think I appear very cool to people who observe me on the ground.

What audiences see is a curated version of myself.

I'm always performing. I'm always hustling.

People who don't know that I do comedy think I'm shy, kind of a dud, and I don't have the wherewithal to prove them wrong. It takes me a long time to get to know people.

It's exhausting trying to impress someone and be a version of yourself that might be attractive to them.

There's a lot of pressure to chitchat with the audience. But when they're in school, people don't want to get up in front of their classroom when they have to talk about themselves or a project.

When I go out, I'm always dressed up. Not in drag but always prepared to be 'on.' Just in case somebody's going to take a picture. Everyone has a Facebook page, so no matter what, I'm prepared to service the public.

Appearance matters a great deal because you can often tell a lot about people by looking at how they present themselves.

I don't want people to know me. I want them to believe my version.

You sort of perform your personality, I guess, to everyone on some level.

Make no mistake, Madonna is always in control of the image she wants you to see.

Online you're encouraged to perform one personality for everyone.

I hate trying to play charming. Thinking about being charming is really tough.

I was the only person in the world who thought it was a military duty to appear to be in a good mood.

It's this weird thing that I always feel like I have to gauge in myself, like, "Don't come on too strong because you won't get your way."

The man who thrusts his manners upon me does as if he were to insist on introducing me to his cabinet of curiosities, when I wished to see himself.

It's so much easier for me to talk about my life in front of two thousand people than it is one-to-one. I'm a real defensive person, because if you were sensitive in my neighborhood you were something to eat.

Mr. Knightley seemed to be trying not to smile; and succeeded without difficulty, upon Mrs. Elton's beginning to talk to him.