Niki Lauda Quotes

I hate ridiculous names; my weird name has haunted me all my life.

People would say: 'Look what he has on his face, look at his head. What is this scar? It's so ugly.' Wherever I went, people would look at me. And not because I was a good person or because my name is Franck or was a good footballer, but because of the scar.

I was always insecure about the way I looked.

I was really skinny and I had greasy hair and I was knock-kneed. There's something still in me that's like that, and I catch myself, you know when you're walking or something, and you think, 'Oh no, you're still that drippy person.'

When you see yourself on video, you and your friends spending time on vacation, and they take a video, and then you see it, it's really disturbing.

If I have one thing perfect, it's my eyebrows. And my feet. I love my feet. They're like Japanese feet. The rest I would like to hide. Especially my freckles. I feel ridiculous.

I didn't want people to know that I was an artist. I was ashamed. I thought artists were weird, crazy people, you know. So I always kind of hid the fact that I was an artist.

I was desperate really for people not to accuse me of coldness. It was taboo.

I wish my butt did not go sideways, but I guess I have to face that.

In the beginning, I was very insecure. I hated how I looked in pictures.

There are places you go, and they say, 'Take off your dark glasses so we can see your beautiful blue eyes.' And you just want to... you just want to... I dunno, um... thump them.

I learned women never want to hear they have big feet. That's no fun.

For me, hearing my voice is sometimes a little nauseating, especially at Christmas.

Embarrassment and awkward situations are not foreign things to me.

Women are surprised to see me on the street - like they're seeing a ghost. There's a lot of crying involved.

When I was younger, most people thought my lips looked like Tweety Bird's - there were always comments like that from family and neighbors.

I worry how I look.

Most people experience some insecurity regarding one or more of their physical traits.

I do care about what people think about me sometimes, and sometimes it affects me in a negative way.

Everyone makes fun of my calves. They are so big. I don't really even like them, I don't really want them as big as they are, but I have no choice.

I think I have a certain awkwardness, and I don't know how that works on screen.

I remember specifically, for me, as a kid growing up or as a young teenager, if I ever cried or got upset in front of anybody, I would be so humiliated.

It's weird to me for people to stare at me, because I feel like I'm normal. I don't see what there is to stare about.

I felt embarrassed about how my body looked being so pale.

The worst nickname I ever had was Tim Pig-ears-Smith. I had big ears. When I was younger, it was more pronounced. So I felt huge sympathy towards Prince Charles over that.