Curtis Sittenfeld Quotes

Not everybody's confident their whole life.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

My confidence wavers between being genuine and being insecure.

I've seen pictures of me, and I look mean and arrogant. That's how I felt on the inside. I think now, 'Is that really me?'

I used to consider myself weak.

I go through phases sometimes: 'I'm a genius; they get me,' and sometimes I'm like, 'Why does anyone want to hear me?'

What shaped my perception about my body and myself was finding better clothes - that's what changed my world.

I don't look good in tights. I know that.

I don't have the confidence to be a personality.

Like anybody, you have moments when you question yourself and you're insecure.

Why am I a star? It can't be because of looks.

I love fashion, but I don't come from a background of loving clothes, and I remember feeling badly dressed from a young age.

We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

Even though I'm in the industry and I act and all this stuff, I still suffer from self-esteem issues... from the way that I look or the way that I talk... just nitpicking at myself.

I don't think I can be a bright and fresh-looking actress. I am not really confident in that kind of character.

I have a strange combination of fearlessness and massive insecurity.

You know, either I'm too fat or I'm flavour of the month. I don't feel either, but maybe I'm both, who knows?

I'm always described as 'cocksure' or 'with a swagger', and that bears no resemblance to who I feel like inside. I feel plagued by insecurity.

Maybe I am a little bit guilty of trying to convince myself that I am cool to this point - even today. But I am so much more healthy than I used to be in my twenties, because I was not accepted at all.

I was at the Olympic Games winning medals and I still doubted my image. I doubted what I looked like. That's sad.

I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.

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.

Okay, I am happy with the way I look, but I have never, never, ever thought of myself as a 'pretty girl.' Honestly. When I read some of these scripts I'm sent, and they describe the heroine as 'incredibly beautiful,' I wonder why they sent it to me.

Guys blow my looks up more than I ever would. I guess I have issues with myself. I don't think I'm as pretty as everybody thinks.