--- title: "1 Art Obviously Quotes By Bel Powley" description: "1 Art Obviously quotes by Bel Powley. Plus more from Bel Powley and more Art Obviously sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/bel-powley-16204_art_you-have-to-have-really-thick-skin-art-i_1801513.jpg" --- > [You have to have really thick skin. Art is obviously there to be criticized and there to be taken in different ways. Not everyone is going to like what you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/you-have-to-have-really-thick-skin-art-is-obviously-there-to-be/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/bel-powley-16204_art_you-have-to-have-really-thick-skin-art-i_1801513.jpg) ## More by Bel Powley > [Most of my really strong friendships are with people I've known all my life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/most-of-my-really-strong-friendships-are-with-people-i-ve-known-all/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I'm so open to different things. The only thing I'd say is I've set the bar pretty high in terms of good female roles…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-m-so-open-to-different-things-the-only-thing-i-d-say-is-i-ve-set/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I loved history and Eastern European politics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-loved-history-and-eastern-european-politics/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > ['70s music is the kind of music I listen to. '70s clothes, I adore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/70s-music-is-the-kind-of-music-i-listen-to-70s-clothes-i-adore/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [Let's just say musicals aren't really my thing!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/let-s-just-say-musicals-aren-t-really-my-thing/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television show called…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/my-first-professional-audition-as-an-actor-was-when-i-was-about-12/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I think people get confused: people think 'strong female characters' mean you need to play an action figure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-think-people-get-confused-people-think-strong-female-characters/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I feel like all teenagers can relate to that feeling of being, like, so highly strung, and everything is so on the surface, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-feel-like-all-teenagers-can-relate-to-that-feeling-of-being-like-so/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I was really quite geeky at school. At one point, I wanted to be prime minister or a mathematician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-was-really-quite-geeky-at-school-at-one-point-i-wanted-to-be-prime/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I want to play a range, from victims to strong people, just as long as it's a well-rounded character. And it's not a woman…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-want-to-play-a-range-from-victims-to-strong-people-just-as-long-as/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I don't feel like I properly started acting until I did my first play, 'Tusk, Tusk.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-don-t-feel-like-i-properly-started-acting-until-i-did-my-first-play/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [All my friends were off on gap years, so going to New York alone, at the age of 18, was kind of my flying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/all-my-friends-were-off-on-gap-years-so-going-to-new-york-alone-at/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I've set the bar high in terms of having a very feminist attitude towards how I present my body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-ve-set-the-bar-high-in-terms-of-having-a-very-feminist-attitude/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I was doing one of my first plays at the Royal Court, and Matt LeBlanc came to see the play. He came backstage afterwards,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-was-doing-one-of-my-first-plays-at-the-royal-court-and-matt-leblanc/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) > [I want to keep playing strong female roles. I don't mean superheroes, but women who are really alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bel-powley/i-want-to-keep-playing-strong-female-roles-i-don-t-mean-superheroes/) [Bel Powley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bel-powley/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art-obviously/bel-powley/#itemlist", "name": "1 Art Obviously Quotes By Bel Powley", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You have to have really thick skin. Art is obviously there to be criticized and there to be taken in different ways. 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