Reputation and Popularity
Actors' quotes about their reputation and popularity
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This section includes actors and directors' quotes about reputation and becoming popular. It focuses on the relationship between actors, journalists, critics and fans. Movie stars tell the difficult times they spent trying to build a solid reputation that could make them worthy of esteem and acknowledgement, and not only of admiration and gossip. Quotes on reputation are the core of this section, along with a broader reflection about the role of the community in maintaining the public image of an artist.
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We're absolutely stupid to be embarked in a business where our face is connected with our accomplishments. When you get it from morning to night, it's no longer wonderful. No dear public ever did anything for me, and a few people in our industry have the courage to say, "Oh, my dear public, I'd kick 'em if I could".
“In Hollywood, unknown actors wear sunglasses in the hope of being mistaken for knowns.”
“In Hollywood you can be forgotten while you're out of the room going to the toilet.”
“One of the big misconceptions about me is that I walk around in mini-skirts and high heels twenty-four seven and go to the gym in heels.”
“Pretty people aren't as accepted as other people. It's like, 'She's pretty and thin and she's got to have problems. She's messed up.'”
“Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do!”
“Women like me because I don't look like a girl who would steal a husband. At least not for long.”
“Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.”
“To be famous and broke is hard.”
“Well, it is certainly not by choice at this time you don't see or hear about me. This business is very unpredictable. A lot of it is luck and being in the right place at the right time.”
“I am still being recognized as Joanie and probably will as long as Happy Days is playing on TV and remembered by Happy Days fans. It has and will always be a pleasure and a honor for me to be a part of it.”
“Frankly, if people aren't going to cast me because I'm queer, than I don't want to work with them.”
“The fans want to see onstage what they know so well from the big screen.”
“It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes.”
“I got a postcard from my gynecologist. It said, Did you know it's time for your annual check-up? No, but now my mailman does.”
“I thought if I went somewhere where I didn't know anybody and they didn't know me I could start all over again.”
“Quote me as much as you like; as a matter of fact I don’t even mind if you misquote me!”
“A fan club is a group of people who tell an actor hes not alone in the way he feels about himself.”
- Also found in Relationships in Hollywood
Life’s philosophy is “to be or not to be” which means “I saw you or I didn’t see you”.
“Critics have no brains. ”
“I may be a dumb blonde, but I'm not that blonde.”
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