Leonard Maltin Quotes

When you are presenting yourself, confidence is very important.

Making a strong first impression is as important as ever, especially when meeting face-to-face.

Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership.

When I meet somebody I want to leave a better impression than when I got there.

I learned early on that if I was to get attention, I would have to be charming. Even the models I've photographed are often like that. Some of them are not beautiful. But, if you catch them in the right light, they glow.

I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.

My belief is you have one chance to make a first impression.

I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.

Most leading actresses have this energy, this 'Look at me. Here I am.' They're powerful; they're beautiful.

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.

Charisma seems to be more about the intoxicating quality that you have on other people, as opposed to presence, which is more about the self in relation to others, and how you feel you represented yourself in a situation, and how you were able to engage. So it's less about how others see you and more about how you see yourself.

Every time I go on stage, it's like a first date. I put on my best clothes, shave, and get as handsome as I can. Then I say the cutest things I know to say, and I become the very best Bill Medley I can be because I want to win my date over. My audience is the date that I want to impress every time.

I think in movies, in television, and in advice columns, often there's this idea that what people are really attracted to is confidence. And I think people, especially young men, sometimes misinterpret that to mean being brash, or trying to be an alpha.

I'm a short, fairly plain person who's bluffing his case and getting away with it.

I think what's universal is the idea of auditioning. It's something that you do in every kind of job market. You audition every time you go on a date, you audition at a job interview, and it's always about trying to put the best version of yourself forward and seeing what sticks and what doesn't.

I'm all about first impressions, so I love a guy who looks good and walks in with some confidence. That starts with a clean-shaven face and a great smile that'd I'd like to get close to.

For me, it's important that as you're introducing yourself, you show different dimensions.

If you're looking your best, you're going to feel your best. If you feel your best you're going to act pretty charming and when you walk into the room, they're going to be like damn, who is that?

Posture has such a big impact on the way people perceive you.

If you are being interviewed, just be polite, have fun.

There's a time to impress someone, and then there's a time to make an impression on someone.

I don’t think I pity her. She doesn’t strike me as a girl that suggests compassion. I think I envy her... I don’t know whether she is a gifted being, but she is a clever girl, with a strong will and a high temper. She has no idea of being bored...Very pretty indeed; but I don’t insist upon that. It’s her general air of being someone in particular that strikes me.

I like to make an impression.

I've always admired people with really strong presences and felt that caring about the visual component of what you do is not intrinsically superficial or vain.