Clive James Quotes

You grow up and change your look. I feel different from how I did in my Playboy days. Now I think I'm in charge of toning down my look or not.

As an actor, you have to understand how you are seen and then play with that. Otherwise, my looks are not important.

A large part of the reason I want to be so mysterious is so that I can move on and do something serious at some point in my career X years from now. It might be very difficult otherwise, because I'm... wild

If you think I'm just another pretty face, read my Facebook updates, read my articles, read the interviews I've done and judge for yourself.

My surname is on my back, so I don't see it when I play - that is for the fans only.

Corbyn sounds like a dreadful town, dresses like a catalogue model for the Sue Ryder shop and won't look significantly different when he's been dead for a week.

My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was like, 'You know what? Imma drop both of those names and just go by Chanel.'

I don't think I look like I do on the telly.

After my first year, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, what I wanted to get better at, and how I was going to do it.

People know I take good bikini pictures, but I also want them to get to know who I am.

Throughout my career, I wouldn't say my roles have been based on my being considered eye candy.

Taking off my shirt has become a part of my life, whether it is at award ceremonies or reality shows. As long as people enjoy it, why not?

I try to make a name off someone before they make a name off me.

I actually don't consider myself that private. I know that's how I've been characterized. That's OK.

Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be recognized.

After working over 8 years in radio to build my brand, I would never want to misrepresent myself.

I'm not upset about my career; I'm just upset about how my name has been portrayed. A lot of guys have played with Bron and had success. There's nothing I can do about it. I've tried to change my image a million times.

People think of me and think, 'Ibiza and hippy look.' I'm trying to expand.

People need to differentiate me from my roles.

I care about how I carry and present myself.

You have to make a character of yourself if you're going to be known to strangers.

I want them to believe I have a vision for the state of New Jersey.

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.

You gotta know what you are, who you are and how you want to be portrayed.