Guy Fieri Quotes

I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.

Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

I know a lot of people think, 'She's so glamorous.' But that's really not me at all.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

The press has always written that I am a recluse and a mysterious woman, but I am more down-to-earth than they think.

People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

Everyone knows a lot about me without actually knowing me at all.

It's funny: people who meet me say, 'I thought you'd be different.' But I'm still the same guy.

I think people seem to sort of associate me with danger. And I don't see that at all.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

Many people think I'm a television personality. I never have been! Just someone who acts it.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

When I was in my 20s, I thought that being known for 'Swimming Pool' was kind of a burden. Like, 'OK, everyone thinks I am this tanned bimbo,' and I was having problems coping with that image.

I'm perceived to be this solitary character, but nothing could be further from the truth.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

There is a tendency in the media to simplify me to the point that I am somehow a tough guy. I think there is a lot more to me.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

I'm really tired, incredibly tired of hearing people say that fashion is behind anorexia.

I learned how quickly I could go from having never met someone to having the world think I'm dating them.

I genuinely have no eating problem. I eat so much food. I think there's a lot of girls who are similar to me.

I eat carefully because people don't want to see a large person judging cakes. They'll think to themselves, 'That's what happens when you eat cake.'

I don't see the point of Twitter, so I write a lot of stuff to mess with people. But because I used to do dumb things on the court, people think I'm dumb in regular life. But once people meet me, they feel dumb themselves.

There's a lot of people who think that I am happy all the time.

The biggest misunderstanding about me is that I'm just a bratty, gobby idiot.

I've always been battling this perception people have of me, this character. It follows me around. 'Bubba the Bear' shows up when I'm checking into a hotel, when I'm on a plane. I can't get upset with people if they're only aware of a small part of my body of work. But inside I do.