Mario Balotelli Quotes

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

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

People who don't know me, how will they know what I am really like? They will only see me on the field, only see me in an advertisement. People who know what kind of a guy I am will tell you I'm a very open person.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

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.

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

I would like people to know me for who I am, especially since I think people have a very skewed image of me. I was playing a lot of cute characters, a lot of little girls; I was objectified. And I don't want people to think of me as that because it's not who I am, and because I've seen a lot of hostility towards that image.

In the world's eyes, what they know of me is from the blogs. What they know is from the media.

When you are in the public eye, it is really counterproductive to think about how you're viewed in the eyes of others. You just have to be who you are.

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 don't want a 'good' image.

I want to show people how I really am. Most people are only familiar with some of the headlines.

Filmmakers are stuck with my glamorous image. Even if I sit in track pants and a T-shirt, I will still look glamorous. That's the way I am. But there's more to me. I'm a real person.

I never tried to put myself in situations where I had to be anything other than what people saw on TV.

I just want to be seen as what I am - just look beyond TV/social media, and you will see what kind of person I am.

I had such a reputation, and it was sad because I felt like it so didn't represent who I really was.

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.

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

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.

I care about public perception, yes. I don't care about my enemies' perception.

I really went back through a lot of the dark corridors of my life in this. I wanted people to know who I am based on my music, not on what they read in the tabloids.

I've been around for so long, people have their perceptions of me: good, bad or indifferent.

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.