Claire Messud Quotes

I don't want to give people the impression that I'm an almost perfect human being.

It's very hard to look at the man in the mirror. Because you can't hide anything.

I don't always look so beautiful.

I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

I'm pretty transparent and have no problem sharing my weaknesses.

I find it very hard to take myself seriously.

I am an open book, and I'm fine being me: I'm not a perfect person.

My parents never told me I was beautiful, and for one very good reason. I wasn't. When your child is a tubby, bespectacled little oddity, as I was, it's important not to give them false expectations.

We're not perfect; we all have things that people might not like to see, and I like to show my faults.

I consider myself a little weak.

I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character.

We're very, very flawed, myself included.

I put my flaws on front street. So the world accepted my flaws, so I don't have any flaws.

Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

I don't pretend to be perfect. I want people to see me as I am.

I’m vain because I’m imperfect.

I think that deprecation part is a very important aspect because when someone looks into themselves, if they're going to be honest, they're going to see parts that are humiliating as well as parts that they might feel really great about. Take Lucas Samaras again, who made a lot of self-portraits. He makes one self-portrait where he is looking directly into the camera and looks so intense and cool. He says in an interview, "I wanted to present the best version of myself."

Maybe I am just a jerk.

The more honest you can be, the less you have to hide... when I have nothing to hide, I have everything to give.

The flaws, the mistakes I make - that's the real me.

I'm very open and honest, and I feel like it's important for women to hear that we're not perfect; none of us are perfect. And sometimes we aspire to have these ideas in our heads of what perfection is, and I probably would've been better off if I'd left myself alone.

I'm a very open person, very self-deprecating. I accept my flaws.

No one is perfect and everyone wishes they could change something about themselves.

For a long time I tried to manage an honesty and openness about my personal life because I'm human and I'm normal - well, semi-normal.

I'm not on the stage going, 'Look at me! I'm amazing!' I accept my vulnerability, don't pretend I'm something I'm not. I don't want to come across as fake.