Nick Hornby Quotes

I'm really not about changing my image.

I've learnt that you are who you are, and in the end, if you don't believe it, then no one will.

The clothes are not making me... If I like it, that's all that matters...It's not about the clothes. It's about how I am as a person and how confident I am.

There's not one person that I say I want to look like.

I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.

You watch yourself age and it's hard to feel like a sex symbol.

I'm not that beautiful, and I don't want to be a pop star.

Scarcely anyone ever wants to be anybody else. However handicapped or unhappy he feels himself, he would not change places with other more fortunate mortals.

I can't feel bad about being who I am, just like the girl next to me can't feel bad about being who she is. Because a rose can never be a sunflower, and a sunflower can never be a rose.

I don't really care what other people see me as. I seriously don't. I've always worried about what my opinion of myself is. And I've always thought that it carries most weight. So I don't care what other people's opinion of me is or how they view whatever I've said or done.

I don't think I was born beautiful. I just think I was born me.

Every body type is different - that's what makes you unique. What makes you special is you, and you are different from the next person.

I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

If people see me in some sort of niche, then that's fine. As long as it's not The Naked Guy, I don't care.

Beauty was never really my trip. Maybe those roles are attracted to me?

You can't ever put your self-definition in the hands of somebody who meets you for 15 minutes.

I always wanted to be an actress. And it wasn't ego. I felt so little about myself, considered myself such a sparrow. Not just my size. I thought I was so plain... I did plays not to show off but because if I did that - I didn't realize it at the time - I would be somebody other than this person I didn't really approve of.

I'm pretty, but I'm not, like, a 'pretty girl.'

How you define yourself is a major issue for young people and adults alike.

Only when you are aware of the uniqueness of everyone's individual body will you begin to have a sense of your own self-worth.

I don't think any woman wants to be known for being beautiful or busty. I think you want to be known for who you are.

I am whatever you say I am; if I wasn't, then why would you say I am.