So What I Do Now Is To Pre-empt That By Making The Up Into A Virtue, And Telling Funny Stories About How Crap I Am Before People Have A Chance To Notice It For Themselves And Think Maybe I Haven't Realised. - SearchQuotes

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So what I do now is to pre-empt that by making the up into a virtue, and telling funny stories about how crap I am before people have a chance to notice it for themselves and think maybe I haven't realised.

Emily Mortimer

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