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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“I don't mind the audience identifying me with Red.”
“I said what a lot of people are thinking and a lot of people have thanked me.”
“I still have a reputation as an eccentric. But the fact is that audiences probably mix up my roles with me as a person.”
“You can't please all the people all the time.”
“Fame looks like a really hairy affair. But if it's part of the job, I'll figure out a way to deal with it.”
“Nine out of 10 people who recognize me recognize me from the commercials.”
“People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied. Now... I love it.”
“One of the biggest misconceptions about me is that I'm a comedian, which I'm not.”
“You know, every movie you make can't be great, no matter who you are.”
“I've only been in one fight in my whole life... in 7th grade, yet everyone thinks I'm a maniac.”
“I do have characters who are more well known than I am, which suits me fine.”
“I like to consider myself a star - a star, that when you look in the sky, it's always there.”
“I hate being the subject of photographs.”
“I definitely don't look my age. So I actively look for roles that will help people change their perception of me.”
“The movies I'm in not a lot of people see, but it's alright.”
“I am not as crazy as people think.”
“I'm often criticised for what I wear. That's my main label in the press now: disastrous dresser!”
“We live in an era now where every episode is reviewed 80 different times on the Internet by periodicals you've never even heard of.”
“I'm not a star, I'm an actor - there's a difference!”
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