If you don't look good, we don't look good.
Both my parents were educators, so interviews and college applications and shaking hands and looking people in the eye and feeling confident and knowing what you can bring to any project or audition - I've known about these things my entire life.
My father told me to dress to reflect the respect you have for the people around you. I've never forgotten that.
Even when “both sides” are presented in the media, seldom are the reasons for each side presented.
When making tartare, keep everything chilled as you go, including the mixing bowl and plates. Presentation matters, too: The meat should be fridge-cold when served and cut as precisely and neatly as possible.
I'm not beautiful; I clean up nice.
Even if everything else is downplayed, I'll wear good shoes.
I remember the first time I spoke to an editor. I thought I'd be sick, I was so nervous. The first time I spoke to a large group at a conference, I had the jitters for days beforehand.
Be well dressed, behave like a gentleman, and keep your shoes shined.
I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don't want to meet them.
Neglect of appearance becomes men.
I think generally playing live is a crap idea. So much of stage work is the presentation of personality, and I've never been interested in that.
If you come across as boring or monotone, you're going to lose your audience.
When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume.
It's hard to win people's minds over. The only way to change their minds is to perform.
I truly believe that getting dressed in the morning is about deciding who you want to be, what you're saying in the world, and how you want people to see you. It's so much more than superficial.
How I say it has as much of an impact on what people think of me as what I say.
I could have a job as a teacher because I like talking in front of people.
Everyone has a mirror face that's so different from their natural face. And I think it's interesting, seeing the way people want to be viewed when they're putting themselves together.
The way you present your work has a lot to do with how people receive and regard it.
You can't be a champion and look like a bum. You have to look, and be, the part. It's not just because it's required of your job, but is important to how you hold yourself.
I don't do interviews without a collared shirt.
It may be an instinct, it is with me anyway, when you're presenting something to the world, to make it as beautiful as you can.
I don't like to look sloppy. I'm a girly-girl.
Neatness - which is grooming, after all - is definitely the most important requirement.
