"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person"
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The subtext is sharper: external perception can deliver a dopamine hit that feels like self-discovery, even when it’s partly the world responding to a stereotype. “Had more fun” hints at changed treatment - doors opening, interactions getting easier, maybe even a shift in how she was cast or flirted with. As an actress who rose inside a beauty-obsessed industry, Kudrow is acknowledging how quickly “fun” can be subsidized by a look.
Then comes the sting: “my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person.” That’s not nostalgia; it’s the lag between body and self-concept. The mind keeps an older headshot on file, a private continuity that resists reinvention. It’s also a quiet rebuttal to the idea that appearance changes rewrite you. Kudrow lets both truths sit together: the pleasure of the upgrade, and the stubborn, intimate self that doesn’t budge just because the lighting does.
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| Topic | Reinvention |
|---|---|
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Kudrow, Lisa. (2026, January 16). My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-hair-got-lighter-and-i-gradually-went-blonde-i-93060/
Chicago Style
Kudrow, Lisa. "My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-hair-got-lighter-and-i-gradually-went-blonde-i-93060/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"My hair got lighter, and I gradually went blonde. I liked it. Had more fun. But my image of myself in my head is this dark-haired person." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/my-hair-got-lighter-and-i-gradually-went-blonde-i-93060/. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.








