Fernando Torres Quotes

Since childhood, I was always told that I am petite and can get hurt easily. And I always felt the need to become physically strong, just to prove people wrong.

I don't think there'd be a Tina Fey now if I hadn't tried to look good in the beginning.

I had the feeling I was going to be successful, and I didn't want to be another disappointing Indian.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

I'm stronger than I think I am. Mentally, physically.

So I did that for a long time in my career, and I waited for parts to play myself just physically down a little bit. But I do feel like I'm at a place in my career now where I don't necessarily fret about that too much anymore.

It's not what other people believe you can do; it's what you believe you can do.

When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

How many managers told me, 'Get a nose job. You're not pretty enough?' But I proved them wrong.

The first thing I have to do to erase my French accent is think that it is actually possible, whereas for the moment, I think it's not. I have a lot of work.

To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.

Finding out I was pretty was a very nice realisation.

I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.

The older I get, the more I'm starting to believe in myself. I'm beginning to think of roles that I could do that I would not have allowed myself to think of before, saying: 'That's not for me, that's for the big guns.'

I want to show people there's more to me than they think.

I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.

Broadway was life-changing because it pushes you mentally, physically, emotionally - every way that you can be pushed. It makes you feel like there's nothing you can't do. It's like doing your own stunts.

Growing up, I was quite self-conscious about getting too tall, but then I realized, 'You know what? I can use it to my advantage. Big is beautiful.'

In terms of aesthetics, I probably look better than I did when I played.

As I have had to meet different challenges, I realize I am coming into myself, and whatever I'm wearing is another chance for me to explore a new version of myself.

When you feel strong and you accomplish something physical that you didn't think you were capable of, your heart and mind open up to many possibilities that previously felt out of reach in other areas of your life.

I consciously took this decision of changing my image from a bahu. I just wanted to look different and good.

It doesn't matter if you're small, big, or fit: if you go in front of the camera and deliver and say, 'Oh my God, I look amazing,' and just be sure about yourself, everything will be perfect.

Although I spent years thinking that I had fat arms, I am now approached by women daily who want to know how they can get arms like mine.