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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“[Critics] could not forgive Jane Fonda for doing fluff, like she had to do something with mucho gravitas.”
“I'm not making films for middle aged journalists, who are mostly men.”
“Anything complicated is now seen as poison at the box office.”
“Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.”
“I don't take reviews very seriously, but in their totality I think they are representative of how the audience feels.”
“I went to a festival pretending to work as a journalist to get free tickets and interview people I really admired.”
“I've been able to make an incredibly wide range of movies and work with an incredible array of people.”
“I've always heard people's criticisms twice as loudly as their praise.”
“I feel reviewers are tougher on comedies in general. They don't take them seriously.”
“I have a bad reputation for being temperamental.”
“People used to say that celebrities are America's royalty; now I think celebrities are the world's royalty.”
“I've never had a personal publicity man working for me.”
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