Self-Image Issues Quotes

As a child, I was so deeply insecure.

I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

I've never thought of myself as a good-looking guy, necessarily.

Anyone close to me will be familiar with my frustrations with certain aspects of social media: the behaviour it encourages and attitudes towards the self it can breed.

I had a very poor image of myself because I believed too much of the people around me when I was very young.

Losing my teeth didn't impede my acting, but it was a constant worry and meant I was never completely relaxed.

I always felt like Tahliah's a very grown-up name to have. It's a pretty name when you're young, and then I think when I became a young lady, it felt kind of like a lot to grow into for some reason. I don't know. It sounds kind of regal. I never really liked it. I always felt like I couldn't live up to it.

I reckon, if I was a girl, I'd fancy Johnny Depp - he's pretty cool. I wish I looked like Johnny Depp.

I think I'm a model in a football player body sometimes.

I never like seeing myself on screen.

The focus on my appearance has really surprised me. I've always been a size 14 to 16, I don't care about clothes, I'd rather spend my money on cigarettes and booze.

Insecurity has been my lifelong thing.

We have an epidemic of insecure people in our society today.

Even I don't wake up looking like Cindy Crawford.

In this business actors who have Botox or surgery make you very aware of age. It's awful.

Particularly Instagram, people look like they have a much better life than they really do. People basically seem like they are way better-looking than they really are, and they are way happier-seeming than they really are.

I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.

I'm one of those actors who fall into the camp of never wanting to look at themselves on camera ever, thank you very much. I do not and will not, because I am my worst critic.

I'm still not aware that I'm good looking.

I got to a really dark place when it came to wanting to be tanned, really disliking my natural skin tone. I was listening to the wrong people and all sorts of people were passing judgement on my appearance.

I was so flat I used to put Xs on my chest and write, 'You are here.' I wore angora sweaters just so the guys would have something to pet.

When I look in the mirror, I never see a handsome chap or the person people think I am.

I eat a bit too much; my teeth aren't perfect; I've got eye bags. I look like a normal 39-year-old woman - but in England, no one minds that.

I was a bigger-than-life persona before I was anyone in my own mind.

I wish I was always photogenic.