Quotes About Fame

After the enormous success of All About my Mother, all the awards and everything, I wanted to start a movie in exactly the same place that I used to be before. I wanted to show that all of the success had not changed my perception.

What is more important, the reality or the perception? I am perceived to be an important designer. It's enough for me.

Public perception changes with every film. That's the best part of being an actor.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

Sometimes I think that when people become famous, there's a public perception that they are not human beings any more. They don't have feelings; they don't get hurt; you can act and say as you like about them.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

Somewhere after you have few successful films, there is a fear of losing what you have got. It is very easy in the beginning, as you are a risk taker, have nothing to lose, and there is no perception about you.

Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career.

I think glamour is a perception, and I am not against it.

The perception about me has changed to a certain extent after the success of 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.'

I'm fully aware of people's perception of me, so when I start taking myself too seriously, I have to remember that, to them, I'm just the guy from 'Police Academy.'

People think I can't go shopping - that's their perception of how famous I am.

Even when I went out, people had this perception that 'Oh Riya Sen' because they feel what you're on screen, you're the same in real life.

My perception is that Mr. Bachchan is very controlled about his image.

What changes with fame is the perceptions of the individual rather than the individual.

Fame allows you a lot of opportunities to experience new things and connect with people. But on the other hand, people's perceptions of you can limit the scope of your relationships with them. You walk both lines.

It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.

I've been around for so long, people have their perceptions of me: good, bad or indifferent.

That's why you find a lot of entertainers are insecure, because it's the perfect camouflage for insecurity.

When I used to fight in Japan, I was popular there and people asked me for pictures and it was nice, and when I came home no one knew who I was. That was the perfect life.

In my perfect world, I get to be a professional musician and still go to Trader Joe's.

I guess people think if you're well-known, it's perfectly fine to say anything you want. I don't know why that is. But it shouldn't be, because everybody has families and lives.

I know a lot of celebrities who are perfectly happy to put their name to something and then leave it at that because the money is good, but I need to have complete control over how something is going to look if my name is going to be attached to it.

Madhuri did the moonwalk in 'Que Sera Sera' perfectly. We didn't think it would become so iconic.