Quotes About Attention

In the very few interviews I've made, it doesn't matter how long we've talked to each other, the headline is still just about my paycheck.

The thing you think is going to be huge ends up not being huge at all, and the most minute thing you do is talked about for the rest of your life, so I try not to have any expectations at all. I think that helps, if you're just focusing on the project at hand.

Everybody gets talked about. Jesus Christ got talked about. It's just what happens. It's just part of it. And if people aren't talking, it's like, who are you? So I really let the people talk.

There's a lot of people all over the world that talked about me.

If I could have the tabloids stop writing as much about me, and still get paid the same amount that I do, then I'd be quite happy. But I suppose it comes with the other things. If I'm not in the public eye, and then I'm not wanted, and I'm not getting endorsements, I'm not being talked about, my records aren't going to be bought.

It doesn't really bother us, the team that is in fashion or that is being talked about the most. Whatever praise or criticism we receive doesn't really matter.

No one likes it when their personal life is talked about, and I am no exception. But I guess it's the price an actor has to pay for being in the public eye.

I haven't talked to the press much. That's why I've gotten kind of a bad reputation. They look at me and think I don't give a damn. But I'm not comfortable with the attention.

You can have all the stats in the world, but if you're losing, you're probably not going to get talked about. Probably will, but not in a good way.

Being in a fishbowl, everybody looking at every move you make, talking about everything you do - it's just a hard life to live.

I love people talking about me; I love anybody just looking at me.

I think it's a personal pride to hear everyone talking about me.

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.

I don't like being overexposed. I don't like being on covers. And I don't like people talking about me.

I want people talking about me when I'm gone.

A better goals-to-game ratio is the aim for me now. If you score goals, you will get people talking about you.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.

Mrs. Obama has a hug - a sincere and friendly embrace - that has become familiar to countless supporters from coast to coast. And when she talks to you, she focuses all her calm attention on your face.

People always say there's no such thing as bad publicity, and you always think they're right, because it seems self-evident: nobody's going to buy a magazine that nobody ever talks about, so people should want to buy a magazine that everybody's talking about.

My wife says I don't listen when she talks. But when people talk, I'm in my own world. I think - always thinking.

Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly.

I don't know how to handle all the trade talks.