What Do You Think About Your Face?
“... I wanted it smaller. I wanted a Tom Jones-type of nose; you can barely see the freaking thing. ...” —John Toriello, unemployed
Simon Høgsberg
“ ... Like if I saw a picture of myself, and I didn’t know who the person on the picture was, I would think that this guy has really got a goal. And so probably I’d like to look a little bit like myself. ... I’ve got that 21 st century look to me. ... See me, I don’t get ahead of myself. Because I always know that it isn’t me who made me look like this. God made me look like this.” —David Lawrence, newspaper boy
Simon Høgsberg
“My face has made me a lot of money because I’m a professional model. ... People say I look like Richard Gere, and I think that’s fine, I think that’s enjoyable. I like Richard Gere—and I’ve seen him, and he still looks a little bit like me. ...” —Harry Shaw, model
Simon Høgsberg
“... When I go to Metropolitan Museum of Art a lot of times I feel I see myself there. Because I don’t see my look as so much contemporary as European from other times. ... So I don’t relate to what I see coming out of Hollywood. I relate to what I see in Museums.” —Genevieve Montgomery, actress/screenwriter
Simon Høgsberg
“ ... I had to go and search where the origins of my face were, finding that my face was a Rwandan face. ... I am told that I’m beautiful. I accept that. But beauty isn’t beholden to anything that is moralistic in human life, so when I hear someone say something is beautiful or your face is beautiful, most times I don’t say anything because… there is nothing to say.” —Allen Makere, singer-songwriter
Simon Høgsberg
“ ... Age caught up with me. Good times caught up with me. Wild parties caught up with me. And what I see now is a truly aging woman. I no longer see the spontaneous, witty, charming… I see an elderly woman. And I find that difficult, but in a way very freeing. ...” —Rhoda Lukin, political writer
Simon Høgsberg
“I think my face is kind of harsh sometimes. ...” —Robert Sheehan. professional dog-walker
Simon Høgsberg
“ ... My features are all very big and not sharp. It’s something I’m very aware of. It bothers me that every time I’m photographed I feel that certain features are more prominent than others, like my nose, my eyes, or my lips ...” —Lonnie Rathie, singer-songwriter
Simon Høgsberg
“ ... I like long hair, and I relate—not to something out of this time, but—to the world as it was maybe some hundred years ago. It’s the energy of the long hair I like. To me it represents a sense of freedom and a sense of independence. ... I don’t think in terms of time as most people do. I consider myself to be, hopefully, outside of time. Beyond time.” —Biond Fury, musician, host on national TV show
Simon Høgsberg