Reputation quotes

“The chance to be both artistically appreciated and commercially appreciated... That's what you hope for.”
Gerard Butler

“Be careful with how you make the world perceive you, because they'll perceive you like that for the rest of your life.”
Jaden Smith

“The first monster you have to scare the audience with is yourself.”
Wes Craven

“[on actress Nancy Marchand, who passed away during the production] As she got sicker, it was very hard for her to remember lines, which she found incredibly frustrating. Her reputation was that she could look at a script just for minutes and memorize it.”

Allen Coulter

“- Avon Rose: I know you're crazy about Ethan, I know that, but you have to remember what I've been telling you. The most precious thing that a girl has is her reputation.
- Caitlin Rose: What planet are you from?”
Isabella Hofmann - Avon Rose
Tiffani Thiessen - Caitlin Rose

“- Vicomte de Valmont: I often wonder how you manage to invent yourself.
- Marquise de Merteuil: Well, I had no choice, did I? I'm a woman. Women are obliged to be far more skillful than men. You can ruin our reputation and our life with a few well-chosen words. So, of course, I had to invent, not only myself, but ways of escape no one has every...” (continue)(continue reading)
John Malkovich - Vicomte de Valmont
Glenn Close - Marquise de Merteuil

“The King stuff is pure bull. I eat and drink and go to the bathroom just like anybody else. I'm just a lucky slob from Ohio who happened to be in the right place at the right time.”

Clark Gable

“Immortality is a by-product of good work. ”
Mel Brooks

“The guy's good. There's nobody in the business who can touch him and you're a fool to try. And the bastard knows it.”
Clark Gable On Spencer Tracy

“Sometimes I act like I don’t care if people like me. Deep down, I secretly enjoy it. ”
Jenna Ortega - Wednesday Addams

It was hard as a "sexpot", as I was labeled in the '60s and '70s, to have people take me seriously as a producer or director. They would rather see me without my clothes on.
Stella Stevens

“I do hateful things for which people love me, and I do loveable things for which they hate me. I'm admired for my detestability. Now don't worry, little Eva. I may be rancid butter, but I'm on your side of the bread.”
Gene Kelly - E. K. Hornbeck

“Don't you ever underestimate the value of a decent reputation.”
Constance Ford - Helen Jorgenson

“I risk my reputation every time, why not on TV?”

Jack Hawkins

“There's always going to be a separate version of you that people will create, and you have no control over it.”
Rebecca Hall

“- Dennis: You know what they're going to call us? They'll call us - gangsters! It'll be goodbye to business, gentlemen.
- Moody: We'll be as popular as Hitler.”
Anthony Morton - Dennis
John Bindon - Moody

“- Lawrence Isabella: I've heard a lot about you.
- Joey Rosselini: Yeah? Good things, I hope.”
Ben Stiller - Lawrence Isabella
Adam Baldwin - Joey Rosselini

“- Wendy: Do you know how I got my reputation?
- Pee Wee: How?
- Wendy: In the 8th grade, I didn't know anything. A bunch of guys wanted to get me to go skinny dipping, I didn't want to but I didn't care if they did so I just watched. I thought it was funny, flopping around... the next day I was a slut, the original mattress-back.”
Kaki Hunter - Wendy
Dan Monahan - Pee Wee

“It's a very rare person who is taken for what he truly is.”
Alan Arkin - Schmendrick

“An outsider is ruining our business and our reputation.”
Gustaf Gründgens - Schränker

“Tales of my toughness are exaggerated. I never killed an actor.”
John Huston

“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.'”
Mischa Barton

“An adventure may be worn as a muddy spot or it may be worn as a proud insignia. It is the woman wearing it who makes it the one thing or the other.”
Norma Shearer

“Never let them see you in public after you've turned thirty-five. You're finished if you do!”
Norma Shearer

“I thought that I could manage my own life, but I have been foolish. Foolish to the point of being compromised.”
Gillian Anderson - Lily Bart