Georgia Toffolo Quotes

I had my shortcomings - crazy hair, braces, bad skin and all that stuff. I went through it all.

I was naturally skinny and had braces, so I wasn't a cute model.

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

You get stared at the whole time. I first noticed that when I was about 13. I was very shy. Being considered beautiful, I always felt that people were waiting for something more. I imagined you were supposed to have an intellectual ability - and I'm making no claims here - proportional to your supposed good looks.

I was never an ambitious girl, or even a self-confident one. I never went in for beauty pageants or wore a stitch of make-up until I went to Los Angeles.

I am self-conscious, and I'm aware of my body. But I struggle with America's limited idea of what perfection is.

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 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.

I hated seeing myself on screen. I was full of complexes. I hated my face for a very, very long time.

I didn't grow up beautiful.

When you're not blond and thin, you come up with a personality real quick.

I don't see myself as beautiful, because I can see a lot of flaws. People have really odd opinions. They tell me I'm skinny, as if that's supposed to make me happy.

Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

I'm not vain, I'm insecure.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

I'm not too secure about my looks. They can always change.

The pressure to look good is intense. It is hard to be immune to that and the self-consciousness that comes with it.

I was trying to maintain a facade of infallibility, which is exhausting. Like, I used to wear tons of makeup because I had bad skin. I couldn't go out in public without makeup on.

I am not an insecure person at heart, but I am also aware that I am not as good looking as an actress is expected to be.

I do feel pressure to look good. But that's just not going to happen, because I have a double chin, and I can't pose. It's such a struggle.

Everybody knows that I'm not the most beautiful woman in the world.

I think, even before social media, it was really hard to not look at other classmates and say, 'Well I wish I looked like her.' Or even to look at celebrities and wish that 'I looked like them.'

I think all girls do struggle with image, despite not knowing what's going on with other people.

I'll have people ask if they can take a picture with me when I'm not wearing makeup and I'm like, 'I'm sorry, I don't have the self-confidence for that'.