Quotes About Reputation

If there were camera phones back in the day, the biggest athletes in the world would have had a lot of explaining to do.

Everybody is watching you every minute anyways. If they think the message you're sending out is phony, they're going to say, 'Who does he think he is?' It's again good business. But it is also an obligation.

I get into all sorts of trouble with my publicists and with newspapers because I won't do photographs.

Ive been in photography for over 20 years now, and I dont think people commission me because of my name. At some point, the commissions would have dried up if I didnt do what I do well.

All I've wanted to be is someone people look up to. It's funny - everyone says I'm controversial. I've never worked out what it is about me that's controversial. I've never had a DUI; I've never been in a brawl; you've never seen photos of me walking out of clubs at 5 A.M.

I feel like people see me as this girl next door, and that comes across in my photos.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

'Big business' was a bad phrase in India. To be accused of being big business was the worst accusation you could make. All that has gone now. The whole mindset has changed.

Think of the phrase 'dining institution' as a badge of honour. One that is earned after many years, and many more hearts won.

Among physicists, I'm respected I hope.

My voice, my likeness is my livelihood. That's it. I keep it simple. I pick good products.

A major celebrity is a major brand, and major brands pick very critically what other brands they're going to associate with. So an A-list celebrity usually picks an A-list brand.

This picture has been painted of me. It's not right. I am 100% clean.

In Hollywood - in Hollywood, you're as good as your last picture.

Ain't nobody ever seen a picture of me with no gun. I have my guns for safety.

People just expect you to show up, be a cartoon character of yourself, take your money and go home. But don't screw up to the point where you're gonna be out of the picture.

I've played some horrid characters in the 70 pictures or so that I've made. But none of the roles degraded my sex. And I've never made a movie I'd be ashamed to have any of my friends or family see.

If I was a pig to work with I would never get asked back.

When actors get pigeonholed, that's their own doing to a large degree. Because if you do something that people like, obviously they're going to ask you to do it again. It's up to you to say no. If you're that insecure about working, you'll probably do what you're known to do.

You can get pigeonholed in Hollywood and people think of you in a certain way.

People will want to say this or that about you, but take it with a pinch of salt.

If I read in a paper that somebody has said something about me, I'm going to take it with a pinch of salt; I really am!

You never get to pick how you get pinned and how people perceive you.

Blackbeard is probably the most infamous pirate who ever lived. He's one of those characters for which most of your work is done before you start.