The Russians were responsible for the Chekov character. They put in 'Pravda' that, 'Ah, the UGLY Americans are at it again. They do a SPACESHOW, and they forget to include the PEOPLE who were in space FIRST.' And I said, 'My God, they're right.'
I never THOUGHT I was pretty enough. I was kind of TALL and lanky. I don't mind it now, but BACK in the day I HATED it. I would tell myself that what I think is ugly at 17 is actually what's GOING to be pretty about me later.
I've been CHUBBY, I've been skinny, I've been considered UGLY, I've been considered CUTE... It runs the gamut and all of those THINGS are very humbling.