Evidence that insecurities plague everyone: Audrey Hepburn didn't think she was beautiful, according to her son Luca Dotti.
Luca, who is releasing a book of 2,500 of his mother called Audrey in Rome, told Vanity Fair, that she considered her look as "a good mixture of defects. She thought she had a big nose and big feet, and she was too skinny and not enough breast. She would look in the mirror and say, ‘I don’t understand why people see me as beautiful.’ ”
But that didn't mean she didn't have confidence, even as she got older. He says, "She was always a little bit surprised by the efforts women made to look young. She was actually very happy about growing older because it meant more time for herself, more time for her family, and separation from the frenzy of youth and beauty that is Hollywood."
An interesting—and lovely—perspective. And as for the not-seeing-herself-as-conventionally-pretty thing, I think we can all relate. But what we all think of when we think of Audrey is beauty that comes from being graceful and elegant, and that has nothing to do with the size of one's nose or feet. So cut yourself a break today and remember: You might focus on what you don't like about yourself from time to time, but that doesn't mean people around you don't see you as their own personal Audrey Hepburn.