Daphne Guinness Quotes

I was so overprotected, I used to think I was as delicate as people said I was.

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I'm a big baby. I'm not tough at all.

During my childhood, I felt older than my years because I felt responsible for my brothers and sisters.

I have brothers, and that so-called boyish quality was something that I was deathly self-conscious about when I was younger.

You know, I like to think that I'm a really strong, tough person, but I'm not. I'm a very, very needy person. I'm very insecure. I'm very impressionable.

On the surface I look fragile and insecure; you have to know me very well.

Sureness is something like a neck brace, which we clamp around our lives, hoping to somehow protect ourselves from the frightening, constant whiplash of change. Sadly, the brace doesn't always hold.

When I was a kid, I was surrounded by girls: older sisters, older girl cousins just down the street... except for an older boy named Vito who threw rocks. Each year I would wish for a baby brother. It never happened.

Without siblings you get quite a skewed vision of yourself and of the world. I always felt I didn't understand how it worked. I remember feeling quite lonely.

I am the shortest and least funny person in my family.

Self confidence for me is a fragile fleece.

I really fell into drama school - I had a lot of lot of luck. I didn't take criticism very well while I was there; in fact, I took it personally. With every note I got, I felt like they were telling me I was a bad person.

I consider myself a little weak.

I feel confidence in myself, but at the same time there's these cracks in the facade and those little things underneath that are unstable.

When I look in the mirror, I am slightly reminded of self-portraits by Durer and by Rembrandt, because they both show a degree of introspection. I see some element of disappointment; I see a sense of humour, but also something that is faintly ridiculous; and I see somebody who is frightened of being found out and thought lightweight.

My sister is three years older and super foxy, and I always looked like a 50 year old woman.

I grew up in a house with a lot of kids, brothers and sisters. So I don't mind a lot of talking, yelling, playing. I can tune most of that out.

I have to say that I am embarrassed about how emotional I am.

Having brothers - I love that. They don't take any rubbish, and they beat you up if you've been misbehaving.

I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings.

People who've only seen me perform might assume that I'm confident and that being ignored wouldn't bother me - but it does.

I never think that walls can protect you.

I just don't want to be seen as a strong person.

At the 2018 Hero World Challenge, I felt brittle. I felt like a gust of wind could push me over if I wasn't careful.