Quotes About Public image

Whenever people get to see you, it's a great thing. Once people see an image and see the character, they can get into the music a lot more.

I gotta stay in that light where people will see me and hear me. And not be scared of me, you know?

The photographers are always around. Wherever I go, they start clicking incessantly. I am always like, 'At least give me a heads-up, as, many times, I look so disheveled. What will people think?'

I've never been one of those actors who has touted myself as a fascinating human being. I had to decide early on whether I was to be an actor or a personality.

I first wore a hat after seeing a friend wear a hat. It seemed like a neat way to keep snow off my head without having to wear a beanie, so I tried it on for a while. Turns out I started wearing the hat at around the time people took pictures of me and put them online and in newspapers, so it kind of became part of my public image.

I think people have a misconception of me, period. My life has been a whirlwind sometimes, but it's different to what people think. I definitely feel like there's a misconception about me and who I am.

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'

It must be remembered that the Bush White House has a separate talent for character assassination that must not be confused with a talent for governance.

I like Barack Obama as a person. He's articulate, he knows sports, his brother-in-law's a coach. He always has the athletes to the White House. But I don't know about some of his policies and some of these people in Congress.

Our priests and presidents, our surgeons and lawyers, our educators and newscasters need worry less about satisfying the demands of their discipline than the demands of good showmanship.

I have done some bad things - things I can't and won't talk about. Nothing that bad, but if that stuff was printed in the papers, they'd paint me as a bad guy. I couldn't be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect. But I really don't want to be Tevin Campbell, Mr. Perfect.

I'd like people to get a sense of who I am, yet I want to keep my privacy, too.

I respect the media, and in return, they respect my privacy.

Image and privacy are still everything to Jordan, who has rarely if ever let the outside world see or hear the real Michael.

There's almost nothing that hasn't been said about me. But there's an awful lot that I haven't said. I don't talk about private things.

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.

I would prefer to keep my distance a bit from the cameras. I want to keep a private life.

I'm an actress, not a politician. And my private life is my private life.

About my books, that's all that I think the public has, in its normal way, to know. My private life is, by definition, private.

You couldn't give me any more confidence than when I was on T.V. because I was in control, but I wasn't in control in my private life.

My job as an actor is for you, so why should my private life be for you, too? That's not fair.

I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.

Frankly, I wasn't comfortable with the idea of showing my private life to the public.