Quotes About Fame

I always try not to read anything of people talking about me, but of course you can still feel pressure at the stadium, during the games, if you don't play well.

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?

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

Cyndi Lauper is really good at talking to you about normal things. It's strange to be in the presence of a big celebrity like that. You want to make these connections and say things related to being a fan. It's not as interesting for them. She's amazing at making small talk without it seeming small.

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

It can be embarrassing. People come up to me and say, 'I love your show,' and I have no idea which one they're talking about.

I don't like talking to celebrities.

Some people love being onstage and really open up, and I'm sort of the opposite of that. I don't crave the spotlight. I'm still not comfortable even talking onstage.

Most of my friends are not actors. Most people have an idea of what an actor's life is, and it's pure glamour and excitement: it's easy and free and everyone loves you. But with a certain level of fame, there's a real level of paranoia and depression that comes with what you do, that nobody talks about.

Everybody talks about that one when they first meet me. 'Man, I still remember the play you shook Jordan.' Everybody gonna always remember it because it was Jordan.

When a movie star sits and talks to you, it's almost always, and only, because she's promoting something.

There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.

If someone has given a hit in the industry, and everyone talks about the song and artist, that's a hit.

I'm tall in Sweden, but I'm huge in Hollywood.

If the movie is good then great, but if it's not then God, I feel so bad for that person with their face fifty feet tall, all blown up. Some people would be happy with that, that as long as their face was out there they're stoked about it. I'm not like that.

Everyone assumes we're always going to have a cocktail and a cigarette in hand. Fans expect us all to be dressed up all the time. They always say to me, 'You look so young. You don't seem as tall!'

To me I'm just a regular person going to the mall with friends, and now I'm in Forever 21 and I see this random group of girls staring at me and taking pictures. But now I usually have my dad, who is a really tall and intimidating person with me, so he's kind of my bodyguard.

It's funny: I kinda still float under the radar. I'm not tall like a New York Knick; I'm not a heavy, strong New York Giant or New York Jet. I blend in pretty well. A lot of people don't recognize me too many places. More men recognize me than women.

Since becoming a global star, if I may say so, I feel six feet tall.

People get very excited about very high elements. That's why Mount Everest is so important - it's not the most difficult mountain, but it's the most famous because it's the tallest.

We've gotten a grasp on fame and tamed it and the media.

People don't understand that if I would have stayed in Tampa, I might have disappeared and people would have forgotten about me. That may be good in some ways, but not in others.

One-hundred years from now, nobody's going to remember that I played for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays - nobody!