Nicole Richie Quotes

For a long time, I couldn't just sit and have a conversation with people at a table without showing them a trick. I thought you just had to impress, it was about impressing, which of course is what you do if you don't feel very impressive.

I say whatever I want, I look whatever I want. That doesn't mean I don't question myself and feel insecure.

I'm not as shy as everybody makes me out to be.

I'm not really a flirt; I just try to be myself.

When I was younger, I think I intimidated people much more because I was far more insecure.

I'm not quite as cool as I would like to be, really.

Some people will stop a scene and demand a mirror and look at themselves and check which angles they're being photographed from. I don't do that.

Stiles is a version of me that rarely exists in the real world. He's so confident and extroverted, and I'm much more restrained and internal.

I've never felt the need to show that I am either clever or tall because I'm not.

There are lots of things I would love to wear but wouldn't because I know they look stupid on me.

I think I'm still, in many ways, a terribly self-conscious person. I'd probably be shooting and think, "Well, how does my hair look?"

I wish I were the type who could walk into a place and have everybody love me. But I'm not, and there's no use wishing.

I wasn't a naturally confident, extravert, outgoing person.

It's a vicious circle. If you feel hideous, you convey it to people. A couple of male friends from university have said, 'I quite fancied you, but I wouldn't have dared...' and I was like, 'Oh really?' I was completely amazed that anyone had ever fancied me, and also that I'd obviously given an impression of 'Don't touch me.'

How you present yourself is nobody's business but your own. The stylists have an opinion. The hair people have an opinion. The fans and the management have opinions. Ultimately, you have to trust that you are the safe-keeper of yourself.

I like talking. I didn't know at the time I would have to worry so much about my hair.

I've never met anyone that is their image.

I like to look good, my friend.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.

I probably am more shy than people realize. But I'm shy when I leave a studio and I am just myself.

With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.

It's important to find what really suits who you are, because style isn't only what you wear, it's what you project.