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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“With the added social media aspect, you can access that relationship to the fans directly and you have control of the content of what you say, your perspective, your opinions and your ideas.”
“I want to be so famous that drag queens will dress like me in parades when I’m dead.”
“Fame is as much about luck as it is about talent, perhaps more. ”
“Recognizable, but sometimes people don't know my name.”
“Looking like I do has allowed me to make a good living in all kinds of media. It's a blessing and I'm aware of it.”
“I don't want to feel I'm responsible for anorexia across the country.”
“You know when there's someone new on the rise and there's too much hype? I didn't want that to be me.”
“This star thing has never been the first consideration with me. Never. The work has always come first.”
“The people who know my work like my work. And that's great.”
“I've never had a desire to be famous.”
“I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life.”
“If a man comes up to me, I'm almost sure he's going to mention Rome, if it's a woman, it'll be 'Grey's Anatomy.'”
“I had a strong propensity, which I still have, to be invisible.”
“It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it.”
“One can never anticipate how audiences will respond.”
“I'm not scared to look like a complete fool in front of people. It's just not one of my insecurities.”
“I had to get out of the twitter closet due to impersonation problems.”
“For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.”
“I see stardom very clearly as a construct that's been created in order to sell things.”
“You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.”
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