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" My self-confidence didn't come from my appearance, it came from other things that I did. But certainly not my appearance. "

Self-Confidence

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" I think now that I'm in the autumn of my life, and I'm getting a chance of having an overview and looking at the shape of how things happen, when things happen, why things happen, I think it was fitting that I spent most of my early career doing mask work, because I just don't think I was that comfortable in my own skin. "

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" The great thing about arriving at this age is that I don't even care about my career anymore. "

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" You know, I don't read the blogs, or go on the internet, and I really just don't know what people are saying because... well I guess I'm afraid to. "

" Distortions control my self-image, like they do for a lot of us. It's irrational. "