Lara Dutta Quotes

When I started getting in front of the camera a lot, I think my confidence started to come out.

Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.

We all have our imperfections. But I'm human, and you know, it's important to concentrate on other qualities besides outer beauty.

One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

Beauty is an asset, just like physical prowess, charisma, brains or emotional intelligence. The key with any gift is in the way that you use it. It doesn't define you as a person. Rather, it's an asset to be used judiciously and with an understanding of how it is just a small part of who you are.

Maybe you just don't see your own beauty.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.

I became more confident within myself and matured as a person and become a little bit more opinionated - maybe the lads might say a little bit too opinionated for their liking but that is just a natural progression for a player.

Pageants were a platform for me, and they helped me get to where I am today. You suddenly stop being just another girl, and people want to listen to what you have to say.

It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.

It wasn't until I became more confident with myself and I put myself forward instead of the jokes; at first it was put the jokes out there and I'm just behind the jokes.

Fashion's important to me, but beauty fades. All that stuff is fun while it lasts, but anything can happen tomorrow. You've got to have so much more about you than the way you look or your clothes.

In pageants, you are evaluated from head to toe and it's obviously all about looks, and as vain as that is, they can also bring you lots of opportunities to do amazing things.

I wasn't the prettiest girl in the room, but I learned to carry myself with confidence - that's how you make the best impression on people.

I don't think I'm particularly shy. I just don't like being front and center as myself.

There was kind of a pivotal moment in my life in junior high school when my English teacher told me I should be a part of the public speaking competition.

It was only after a visit to a learning centre, where they taught me public speaking, that my personality emerged.

Being on 'America's Got Talent' has really helped me expand my self-confidence on the stage and anywhere - I'm more comfortable, and it's just really helped, and I'm glad about that.

I never used to speak at all. I always said Joe is the speaker of the family. I mean, I'd go to events and volunteer, but I was never a speaker.

Coach K always wanted me to talk more, even when I was in college. That's something I'm going to do as I get older.

Being a pageant girl taught me to be polished, poised and slap on a smile.

You can't change somebody's character, but you can change the way a person presents themselves.

That's what I need to work on - my charisma in front of people.

I have gained confidence in front of the camera.