Sharon Stone Quotes

I know that I'm often perceived as this odd guy who's a bit out there, and I've probably, once in a while, reinforced that image, but I'm really not that person, and, in a way, I want even less so to be seen like that.

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

The more people know about you, the less they can project who you are supposed to be. It's unfortunate that you really only get one shot at that.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

People don't get through to the essence of you right away - it's always the famous 'girl' or the famous 'girlfriend'. I'd rather be known for myself.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

Well, you create your own persona, don't you? And you have to live with that. But the people that I meet, they don't think that I'm a lunatic. And if they do, then that's OK, because it means that I'm playing the parts all right.

And even though people like to furrow their brow like they suspect you're not being honest about yourself, the truth is that they worry that you're not serving their idea of you.

I've introduced myself with comedy, and once you've introduced yourself as something, that's where people keep you. That's where people like to hold you.

People want me to be funny all the time. They think I'm being funny no matter what I say or do and that's not the case.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

If you're well-known, you're at the risk of becoming your own character. When you're alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper.

I am who I am. I have a low voice, and I look like somebody's dad or boss or a police chief, and those roles come my way.

People have their image of you or their ideas about who you are, and it can be frustrating.

I wanted people to see me, to change their minds about me.

To others we are not ourselves but performers in their lives cast for a part we do not even know we are playing.

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 noticed that I got a better space in the line in Starbucks when I had my tattoo. People associate tattoos with a certain edge. Then I open my mouth, and something completely different comes out.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

People often expect me to be something other than what I am.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

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

I go wild on a stage. Some folks have measured us an image. They pretend us to be saints. And that image is much tougher to keep up with. Because that's not who we are.

I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football.

Many people have this image of me. For a long time, I cared about that.