Quotes About Celebrity

Our viewers are loyal. They've seen Pat and me together for 30 years. It's like Ken and Barbie. How do you break them up?

I'm one of the highest-paid television people in the world. I feel like I've made a difference in my viewers' lives, that I've been influential.

I do have some viewers who know where I live, and they'll stand outside.

I'm not chasing reality shows. Viewers want to see me and producers want me on their shows.

I would never say no at a red-carpet event. It's part of the job. Without the viewers we are nothing, so a simple picture is hardly too much to ask.

Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes.

The thing about 'CD:U.K.' was, because the show started quite small with small viewing figures and it built and built, the bigger the figures got, the better and bigger the pop star you got.

Suggesting that just because someone who is on the telly has a superior moral viewpoint to someone who say, shelf stacks at Aldi is ridiculous.

I haven't talked to any young artists for a long time. But if we did sit down, I'd definitely tell them my viewpoint. If it was Lady Gaga, I'd say: 'You're talented, and you've obviously got the goods... what the hell are you doing with your image? How can anyone take you serious?'

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views.

My Snapchat and my Instagram probably get more views than every magazine out there.

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

I reached the point where I was getting arrested all the time in London. I couldn't walk down the street. London becomes a very small village, eventually. You run out of places. It was inescapable.

When it's a superstar's movie, it does not matter whether I am a villain, comedian or father. Acting in such movies is always good and special.

There's a certain section of the public who spot me in the street but it's never horrible. I'm not a soap villain who gets spat at.

I'm always interested in getting to know people, and that means vilified people as much as those celebrated. You find out that heroes aren't always so heroic, and villains have some bit of humanity in them.

Why can't I ever play a nice, normal, salt-of-the-earth type? Is there something I should know? It's fun to play villains and character roles, of course - but I'm sure it's also fun to be a really big star and play the lead in everything, where all you have to do is show up and not blink.

I made a Vine with 50 Cent where I smashed two quarters together, and he popped up.

The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars.

Christina Hendricks is still one of my favorite people to dress because she has this old Hollywood, vintage quality to how she likes to get ready.

When I'm living in L.A., I'm mainly a jeans, vintage T-shirt and Nike high-tops guy.

It is tricky because I do wear a lot of vintage on the red carpet, and usually when I'm getting ready, I'll say, 'We need to make sure that I don't look like I'm in a Scorsese film today.' Sometimes I do something a little bit more modern with my hair. You have to mix it up.

When you become a 'public person,' I find it very difficult to keep following social media. It is too harsh, too violent. I only read newspapers online.

That's one of the things I resent the most violently. To have to take your own life and give it away to the public, in pieces.