Sarah Rees Brennan Quotes

With acting, I think half of it is just acting confident. We stand on these red carpets and pose in these dresses, but we're all only so confident. It doesn't mean we think we're great looking or anything. It's all a façade.

There are women who are not beautiful but only look that way.

Being handsome wasn't much of a burden. It worked for me.

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.'

I'm better looking in person.

I think that would be ungrateful if I were upset because I'm seen as attractive or sexy. That's opened so many doors for me in my life.

It is not that the French are not profound, but they all express themselves so well that we are led to take their geese for swans.

I do a lot of things for effect, which is not to say I am superficial, but that I know how to put ideas across.

It's funny, one of the reasons why I never wear my glasses any more is that, when I was younger, a guy once said that he liked me until he found out that I wear glasses.

I have been lucky, of course. Like, last year, if I went out, I'd have to fight to chat someone up. This year, I look exactly the same, which is really scruffy, and yet lots of people seem to have just changed their minds and decided I'm really sexy.

I don't see myself as extremely handsome. I just figure I can charm you into liking me.

If you think you are beautiful in a scene, you will come across as beautiful. I don't think looks are important; I think what's important is if someone is sexy.

It would be a mistake to think something is wonderful just because it looks great.

I think I'm quite good at being sexy in a unthreatening way.

I'm not exactly Don Draper when it comes to physical attractiveness.

It's not often that I'm being called femme fatale.

With my grey hair and workaholic attitude, I can't imagine being hot by any standard.

Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath.

I feel like whole idea with makeup is that I don't want anyone to think, 'Oh she's wearing makeup.' I just want them to think, 'Oh she looks good!'

I'm not beautiful; I clean up nice.

He called you pretty...That's practically an insult, the way you look right now...You're much more than beautiful.

Truth, like light is dazzling. By contrast, untruth is a beautiful sunset that enhances everything.

Generally, a lot of the things people think are made up are real, a lot of the things people think are real are made up, a lot of the things people think are spontaneous are cleverly faked, and a lot of the things people think are fake are spontaneous.

I want fans to give me advice on girls; why do they always say they don’t look good in pictures, even though they look great?

Am I Machiavellian? I don't think I'm quite the mastermind people would have me be. Everything I do tends to be very successful and it may have something to do with the fact that I'm very good, not necessarily that I manipulate. But that doesn't often occur to people.