Michael Chiesa Quotes

People reacted to how I looked, and that was certainly a power to have as a young girl, but not one that you really understand.

I feel that a lot of sexy people never say that they are sexy.

Girls know when they're attractive.

I still don't look like what I think I look like.

Some people can get away with being very sexy to men and not looking like a complete cow, but I didn't think I was in a position where people knew me well enough.

When you look in the mirror, your 'appearance,' that outer you, is what you see first.

Height has been very, very central to the development of my personality.

Usually, somebody's size is not even in the top five things they would say about themselves. Because there's so much more going on than if they have blonde hair or are a size 12.

I've been many people. I've been the skinny girl. I've been the fat girl. Because I've become a character actress, I sort of fell victim to 'Well, I don't have to look good anymore.'

Being a big guy, you face certain challenges. Over time, though, women found excuses to find me attractive.

I was seen as a little weirdo. But I was certain I wasn't a weirdo. I knew who the weirdos were, and it wasn't me!

Sometimes I'll look back at old pictures where I'm a little heavy and dressed funny and think, 'How did I get chicks all the time?'

People have been so busy relating to how I look, it's a miracle I didn't become a self-conscious blob of protoplasm.

Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know.

I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most.

When you model, there's no way you can't notice yourself. Do you know what I mean? Because you're constantly surrounded by people saying, 'Oh, she's too short, she's too skinny, she's this, she's whatever.' And you're right there. They're talking about you, and you're right there.

I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.

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

It'd be really nice to wake up looking like, I don't know, Jake Gyllenhaal and think, 'Let's try this on for a day and see how it feels.'

I've always tried to figure out what people think of themselves and what they think they're projecting.

I am used to looking good. In a way, if I thought I looked like the back end of a bus, I probably wouldn't have done 'Strictly Come Dancing' and gone out there in public.

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

I think people perceive me completely differently than how I perceive myself. I see myself as a sweet, cosy, motherly type. We all want people to be more glamorous and daring and adventurous than they actually are.

As an actress people always tease me like: if there's anything you can do to make yourself unattractive you will do it.

We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.