Tig Notaro Quotes

I'm worried about looking like a bad person when, in fact, I try to be a good person. I don't like the public image that I've been dressed with and it worries me.

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

I don't want a 'good' image.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

Some people think I'm a total moron and I would hope most people think I'm very good at what I do.

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.

If you don't read it, you don't know. I mean, that's why I have a PR team. They read it and tell me if there's something, and that keeps you focused. I know my family and me well enough; why do I need to read about myself? I'm not going to change, I'm very stubborn in this way. I am what I am.

I get referred to as the social media kid on set, but I don't let it bother me. I try not to.

I learned a lot from Elvis. He never took his image seriously. So many performers today put their image before themselves. It can ruin them. Like Elvis, I never took my image seriously.

I hate publicity. The only publicity must be through my work. I can only talk about myself in relation to work. I know about work - but I don't know about me.

I never said, I am just a beauty queen or just an actress.

Here I am getting $50,000 for personal appearances. Everyone wants a piece of me. But my kids think no one could possibly think Dad is cool.

I am not insecure or conscious that my image might get hampered. I don't think one should think the image will get spoilt due to Bigg Boss.'

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

I can't control what people think of me, and I stopped really caring a long time ago.

What I do now defines who I am as a woman and how people see me; they don't see me as a little girl.

There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others.

Being an actress hasn't made me insecure. I was insecure long before I declared I was an actress.

I can't control if people like me; I can't control if people like my game.

I've made millions of dollars with the body I have, so where's the pain in that?

The opinion which other people have of you is their problem, not yours.

I cannot be so bad when everybody is so fond of me.

People's perceptions of me have nothing to do with reality. I'm basically just your average dork.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

Weight issues, race issues will always be there and if you allow them to get to you and you allow them to affect you then yes they affect you. But my thing is I have so many other things to worry about I can't worry about other people's perception of me.