Clemence Poesy Quotes

But I always like to play ugly people who think they're pretty.

I don't believe in doing things to manufacture my body to appeal to what I think people might like.

You don't have to look like George Clooney. You just have to know yourself.

Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.

It's always difficult to see yourself as other people do, but I'm realistic about my appearance. I wasn't born with one of those pretty, pretty faces, so I've never been absorbed with the way I look. I just try to make the most of what I've got.

I've lived with myself for a very long time, so I'm aware of what I look like. I'm under no false pretense that I'm a stunner, so if somebody comes up and says something about my physical appearance, it's okay.

Some actors don't mind it. Those who are pretty. They think it's nice to be looked at because they are nice to look at. I appreciate that. I'm very happy to salute that aspiration. But I don't like the way I look so I don't like being photographed. I become defensive.

I have no fear of being less beautiful, I've always been afraid of not being beautiful.

I knew I had a great figure, but I never regarded myself as beautiful.

I didn't want to be looked at. I remember when I was six or seven asking my mom why people were looking at me. She said, 'They're looking at you because you're a beautiful little girl.' But I didn't believe her. And yet I put myself in a business where people have to look at you. I think I learnt to block it out.

I always felt second best. I was never the prettiest, never the skinniest, never the fastest in my sports. Never the smartest, because I have dyslexia. Then, all of a sudden, people were like, 'You're gorgeous.' And I was like, 'What?'

If you get too caught up with the superficial part of beauty, you get too self-conscious.

I don't worry about how I look.

I don't spend a lot of time worrying about how I look and I don't fall into the trap of judging myself by my appearance.

I'm not image-obsessed.

Nobody looks perfect. We have to find peace with the way we look and get on with life.

As a kid I had buck teeth and braces and acne. I hated what I saw. I'm still not comfortable, but that's why I change and adapt the way I look.

I make a point to never, ever point out my physical flaws... this is advice I give to women as often as I can. People don't notice the things we see in ourselves that we hate, so why direct them to it?

Even when I was in my 20s and at my most beautiful, I was never obsessed with my looks. I didn't dye my hair or wear make-up.

Don't hate me because I'm beautiful.

I don't think I'm beautiful. When I look in the mirror, I just see me - and, I'm pretty used to me.

I'm happy that I have a look, but I don't over-analyse whether or not it's beautiful or ugly.

I never like photos of myself in the beginning. I live with them for three months, put them in a drawer, take them out and look again. I hate the way I look, but of course it's really not that bad.

Oh, I'm not beautiful. I can look beautiful; I can put beauty on. When I'm tired, I look bloody awful. I think I'm turning into the actress from 'Dynasty,' Linda Evans.

No-one really feels self-confident deep down because it's an artificial idea. Really, people aren't that worried about what you're doing or what you're saying, so you can drift around the world relatively anonymously: you must not feel persecuted and examined. Liberate yourself from that idea that people are watching you.