I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid. (Uma Thurman)
Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it. (Uma Thurman)
I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you. (Uma Thurman)
I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment. (Uma Thurman)
I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird. (Uma Thurman)
Before I had my child, I thought I knew all the boundaries of myself, that I understood the limits of my heart. It's extraordinary to have all those limits thrown out, to realize your love is inexhaustible. (Uma Thurman)
I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need. (Uma Thurman)
Most films these days are men's stories. Women are for add-on romance. That's very hard. (Uma Thurman)
Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling. (Uma Thurman)
It is better to have a relationship with someone who cheats on you than with someone who does not flush the toilet. (Uma Thurman)
There's an active movement to turn it into a badge of honor, (Uma Thurman)
I was an escapee of childhood. I always wanted to grow up. (Uma Thurman)
He's the best dance partner. The nicest thing about being in the film was being together again. We're old friends, and we had a great time together. (Uma Thurman)
When asked if I consider myself Buddhist, the answer is, Not really. But it's more my religion than any other because I was brought up with it in an intellectual and spiritual environment. I don't practice or preach it, however. (Uma Thurman)
Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them. (Uma Thurman)