Quotes About Spotlight

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

Oh every time I close my eyes I see my name in shining lights

I think that happens to a lot of people who find themselves thrust into the spotlight and becoming famous before they recognize what's happening to them. Life becomes a little distorted for them.

invisible and yet having a spotlight on

When you're playing for Real Madrid, even when you're playing well, you're under scrutiny.

From the very start, if there was a spotlight, I would step into it. My parents wondered what to do with this insufferable show-off. They chose acting for me, and I'm very grateful I can still make a living from it.

The reality shows are a boon for thousands of people like me who have the talent but need to be spotted.

I just think Cam Newton is a guy who doesn't get overwhelmed by the moment. He seems to thrive in the spotlight.

I think I thrive under the spotlight; I live for a big moment.

To be thrown onto the stand-up stage is an experience that you cannot fathom until you're actually there, because there's no place to go, and everyone is looking at you and you can't even see them because of the lights. And yet you have to manage to start talking and be funny on top of it.

When I left Planned Parenthood, I was extremely nervous. I was immediately thrown into the media spotlight, and I had no idea what it was going to be like to be a public figure in the pro-life movement.

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

I was thrown into the spotlight pretty quickly at UCLA.

I try to stay out of the spotlight as much as humanly possible, because I think that when actors, whether or not they've chosen it or it has been thrust upon them, are living very public lives, it affects your ability to get lost in their performances.

It's frustrating sometimes: as an athlete, you're thrust into the spotlight, and you know, I think this team has always done a really amazing job of understanding that we have this incredible platform; let's do something good with it.

The iPhone was such a phenomenon that even the humble journalists chosen for an early look were thrust into a spotlight.

'Minecraft' certainly became a huge hit, and people are telling me it's changed games. I never meant for it to do either. It's certainly flattering, and to gradually get thrust into some kind of public spotlight is interesting.

I was thrust into the spotlight and didn't really know what I was doing. The opportunity was amazing but I wasn't ready for any of it.

I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

By the time I got to the league I knew the cameras were going to be there and to turn it on.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it's sunshine.

When you see these people that are in the public eye all the time, it must get tiring.

Yes, Ermintrude." I muster a smile. "Ermintrude the hamster." The spotlight finally moves off me, and Dix Donahue comes to the end of his speech, and I look up to see Luke giving me a little wink as he approaches through the crowd. "I'll get you a new hamster this Christmas, darling," he says over the sound of applause. "We'll fight the discrimination together. If you can be brave enough, so can I.