Alanis Morissette Quotes

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

What is important for me is that the people who know me for real know Mario how he really is. People who don't know me, they read newspapers and they watch TV. TV is made to give a lot of opinions... so I can't show the real Mario to everybody.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

In terms of the way people see me, it breaks down into two very clear and distinct groups: those who think they know me from reading the papers and those who really know me by reading my books.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

It's great to blow the image that people have of me out of the water.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

I did not have a reputation to defend.

Most of the stuff I've read about me has been true.

My personal life is in the spotlight, but people say what they want to say. The truth isn't in the spotlight, I should say. I'm in the spotlight, but not the truth.

I've long since stopped worrying about how I'm portrayed in the press because ultimately it's not that important. Everyone who knows me knows I do what I do with the greatest integrity.

It's not cool to have your name in print when it's not the truth.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

I don't want to be thought of as wholesome.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I've never been a model; that's a misconception about me, and I don't know where it came from.

I think the problem I have is that first impressions are the ones that stick with people. And people's first impressions of me are obviously from the film, from 'Gregory's Girl.'

So much has been written about me, and people don't know what's right and what's wrong. I'd rather let them stay confused.

The vast majority of what I've seen written about me is not true. My family and friends - the people who matter to me - they know the real story.

I'm not ashamed of my social media following, my Sports Illustrated swimsuit shoot, or the tough time I had in my LPGA debut, but these small facets of my life are easily manipulated by the Internet to get views, and they don't define me as a person.

People will have their guesses and opinions on my character, but anyone that's actually sat down and talked to me knows that I don't have any character issues, any off-the-field issues.

I don't want to be known as a guy who's gonna get decisions.

If you think I'm just another pretty face, read my Facebook updates, read my articles, read the interviews I've done and judge for yourself.

I want to show people that I'm not what everybody thought I was.