Popularity quotes

“What's the point of being a writer or an artist anyway? Herman Melville wrote fuckin' Moby Dick, he was so poor and forgot by the time he died that in his obituary they called him Henry Melville. You know, like why bother? They're just going to forget our fuckin' names anyway.”
Martin Starr - Joel

“- Cindy: This is Ben's pathetic concept of cool, is to pretend he's not afraid.
- Ben: Well hello Cindy Freud, what's your concept of cool, Doc? Banging the whole entire senior class starting with A?”
Kristen Miller - Cindy
Michael Weston - Ben

I googled you, and "Closet Queens" came out. Are you a lesbian?

Adam Sandler - Jim

“- The Journalist: Most writers want to be famous.
- Jackie Kennedy: You want to be famous?
- The Journalist: No, I'm fine as I am.
- Jackie Kennedy: You should prepare yourself, this article will bring you a great deal of attention.
- The Journalist: Ah. In that case, any advice for me?
- Jackie Kennedy: Yes. Don't marry the president.”

Billy Crudup - The Journalist
Natalie Portman - Jackie Kennedy

“I'm about as popular as a dose of strychnine.”
Michael Redgrave - Gilbert

“- Ted Pikul: He wanted to kill you. That's two people in one day who wanted to actually kill you.
- Allegra Geller: I've never been more popular.”
Jude Law - Ted Pikul
Jennifer Jason Leigh - Allegra Geller

“The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.”
Harrison Ford

“Never become more popular than the boss, unless you intend to sack him.”
Ian McNeice - Baron Vladimir Harkonnen

“In Hollywood an equitable divorce settlement means each party getting fifty per cent of publicity.”
Lauren Bacall

“I'm not a geek, I'm a unique weasel.”
Pauly Shore - Stoney Brown

“I wrote the script for Rocky in three days. I'm astounded by people who take eighteen years to write something. That's how long it took that guy to write Madame Bovary. And did that ever make the bestseller list?”
Sylvester Stallone

“I can't walk in a toy store in a foreign country without seeing a kid with a minion backpack.”
Pierre Coffin

“I'm not naturally paranoid, but you gotta watch your every move. That, or the public does. Ever since I got arrested and jailed for smoking pot, I get all sorts of people, and actors sometimes, looking at me funny when I light up a cigarette. Hell, I like to shock people, so I'm not about to quit.”
Robert Mitchum

“I like being the people's champion when it comes to dining.”
Adam Richman

“When you're famous people feel free to stare. No matter where or what the situation. And they stare as if you can't see them staring at you. Or as if it doesn't matter!”
John Travolta

“- Honey: I promise I won't tell anyone about your little movie!
- Cecil: Little?
- Honey: I didn't mean, you know, little. I meant, you know, low-budget... ly cult.”
Melanie Griffith - Honey Whitlock
Stephen Dorff - Cecil

“The hardest thing to do is to be true to yourself, especially when everybody is watching.”
Dave Chappelle

“- Arojaz: It won't be easy to get rid of your prophet now.
- Sanchez: On the contrary. It seems to me the man is preparing his own cross.”

Kario Salem - Arojaz
Armand Assante - Sanchez

“Suzanne used to say that you're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV. 'Cause what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if there's nobody watching?”
Alison Folland - Lydia Mertz

“- Deadpool: I've been traveling to exotic places, Baghdad, Mogadishu, Jacksonville, meeting new and exciting people.
- Weasel: And killing them, I know, I saw your Instagram.”
Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool
T.J. Miller - Weasel

They won't soon forget the name "Oskar Schindler" around here. "Oskar Schindler", they'll say, "everybody remembers him. He did something extraordinary. He did what no one else did. He came with nothing, a suitcase, and built a bankrupt company into a major manufactory. And left with a steamer trunk, two steamer trunks, of money. All the riches... (continue)(continue reading)
Liam Neeson - Oskar Schindler

“Liking comic books is popular, environmental awareness, being tolerant. If I was just born ten years later, I would have been the coolest person ever.”

Jonah Hill - Shmidt

“It must really burn your ass that with all your money and popularity, she still won't have anything to do with you. Face it Kathryn, she's outclassed you.”

Robin Dunne - Sebastian Valmont

“- MI6 Chief Security Officer: They say you're a legend around here. I've, um... I've never heard of you. Must have been a bit before my time.
- Victoria: Well, you've heard of me now.”
Eric Davis - MI6 Chief Security Officer
Helen Mirren - Victoria

“Half the people in Hollywood are dying to be discovered and the other half are afraid they will be.”
Lionel Barrymore