Dean Martin Quotes

Playing the nerd isn't necessarily the most ego-boosting role.

I've no idea what they make of me. People usually don't recognise themselves in an impression.

Everyone is insecure. I think, really, it comes from, like, a desire to want to be in control of how you're represented.

They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.

I would be horrified to watch whatever I was doing on 'Party Of Five.' I'm sure I'm bad on it.

Stage-persona notwithstanding, I'm extremely shy and quiet. Almost painfully shy. People misinterpret that as being above it all or not interested.

People think I'm a freak or something, but I'm actually a really normal guy.

I think sometimes I intimidate people. I've been told that. But I feel I'm the least intimidating person possible.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough.

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.

No one's reputation is quite what he himself perceives it ought to be.

I think I have a deep-seated fear of being misunderstood. Or being misjudged.

I am shy. People misconstrue it as arrogance.

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

I introspect on how I am perceived by other people. It's been this way since my childhood.

I always think all the other comedians in New York hate me - I'm just convinced that they all dislike me - when, generally, I think I'm a pretty well-respected guy.

He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.

It is very often nothing but our own vanity that deceives us. Women fancy admiration means more than it does. And men take care that they should.

My whole life, people have been saying, "Why are you so angry?" and I didn't know what the hell they were talking about. After I saw myself at the MTV Awards, I realized, Wow, I do kind of come off a bit intense. I wasn't upset at MTV at all - I didn't mean to come off that way. But I think it's good if I appeared a bit angry. People are too complacent.

They misunderestimated me.

A lot of people misunderstand me. That's because they don't know me at all.

I'm shy. People get confused. They think as an actor you can get up and be confident on the screen. Why aren't you like this in normal life? Why can't you act in your social life? 'Because I can't!'

Someone asked me the other day, 'Do you get upset when people say you are the young Frank Sinatra?' It doesn't upset me. It is a huge compliment, but it is false.

The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.

First of all, I'm not a heartthrob. If you saw me in high school, you wouldn't say I'm a heartthrob. Having a hit song, the minute you're famous, you're a heartthrob. I know you don't believe me, but I honestly don't consider myself a heartthrob.