Trey Parker Quotes

Be careful with how you make the world perceive you, because they'll perceive you like that for the rest of your life.

I'm definitely not trying to go out of my way to create my own image or ensure my own imprint.

You have to have an overall vision of how you want people to see you.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

Brand is just a perception, and perception will match reality over time. Sometimes it will be ahead, other times it will be behind. But brand is simply a collective impression some have about a product.

People are really concerned with what other people are saying about them.

My image is the creation of media.

Sonnen, to me, he's a great athlete, but he created that image so much for himself that people don't think he's that good. They just think he talks. So I think it's a risk you run when you do that.

I didn't want anyone to have control over how people saw me. I wanted to have that power myself.

I'm very cautious of how I'm presented and my type of reputation.

People have a good image of me. It's not these tramps who are going to tarnish my image. They should stop lying to the French people. It annoys me that people talk about 'your image'. My image is great in France. When I'm abroad, I don't even talk about it. But in France it's just these people, these parasites.

For better or worse, a lot of people's images are based on the first things that are written about them. You can't control what people write about you, so - good or bad - I have never lost sleep about it.

We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.

I don't have a strategy. I am my own person. So if people disagree with the opinion of my father and want to dislike me because I'm his daughter, then I'm probably not going to be able to discourage them from that.

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.

I've always jealously guarded my feminine mystique. I've been married twice, and neither of my husbands has ever seen me put my face on.

It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product.

I really can't help what someone thinks of me because they are reading a paper and choosing to believe it.

People are terrified for their own reputations. They want the press on their side.

It's very difficult to change the perception people have of you.

I could have just received royalty checks every month by lending my name to a collection, but I didn't want to do that. My name is a reflection of me.