Quotes About Public image

I can't specify this enough: when cameras go on, everybody wanna be big and tough. You're not like that in real life.

When I do appearances and stuff and I just wanna see the new pictures, I Google myself.

You go to something like the Golden Globes, and it's the most glamorous place you could ever be, but then you go home and you're still like, 'Urgh, this dress is too tight, I wanna take off these shoes and put on my pyjamas.' At the end of the night all the glamour goes away and you're just a human.

I wanna be more of a pop public figure, iconic kinda dude.

I think the biggest misconception about me is people really don't know who I really am. They see the party side of me, they see the crazy side of me. But I also have a laid-back side. You know, I'm chill, down to earth. If you want to grab a cup of coffee and just talk about life, I can do that.

I appreciate that my fans think I'm classically good-looking and that I have a clean-cut image, but I also want to show other sides of myself.

At home I am a nice guy: but I don't want the world to know. Humble people, I've found, don't get very far.

When you're a pop star, it's a little conservative; you always have to stay in a box. You have fans that are five and fans that are 65; there are so many people wanting so many things.

I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved.

I'm terrible about people wanting to take pictures with me. I'm a giant baby about it. They treat you like a cartoon. There's nothing you can do except make light of it. That's if I'm in the mood - sometimes I get superbummed.

If tough old Lefty Helen Mirren can warm towards the Crown after impersonating Her Majesty, who's next? Since reigning and acting have so much in common, it's surprising all actors aren't fervent royalists.

People feel like they know you because they've read about you, and people who don't know me seem to have warm feelings about me. I seem to be popular with women. I go into the loo in restaurants, and they all say, 'Oh, I love you.' It's odd, but it's really nice, too.

I think people have a warped sense of who I am.

The belief that we are what the media says we are, what people perceive we are, is soon to be what we think we are. We are treated based on this warped perception. It is hard to get away from it.

Warren Beatty seems very self-conscious and actory.

People think all fame is the same, but being on BBC Two from time to time does not make you Warren Beatty. I honestly can't impress that upon people enough.

Actors in the film industry are usually wary of expressing their opinions on the issues of the day, politics especially.

You know how country music stars get an extra 10 years on their life when they go to Branson? Like you're washed up, and you go to Branson, then you can last another 10 years. That's what bashing the media does.

You wouldn't be the first celebrity who seemed to think giving mouth service to a few good works will make everybody willing to forgive and forget, just gloss over an ugly past.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

When it comes to the camera, I can do my thing. But I'm bashful.

The guys you see me bring home, we're only cuddling and making out like any other person would do, but we're on camera and the whole world's seeing it, and it does look like I'm having sex.

How can you be inspired by Cameron and Miliband? These guys are just drabness personified.

By the end of 'Game Change,' one feels that the candidates' few happy moments are those when they 'lose it.'