Quotes About Popularity

I just worried about my weight. Worried about my appearance and thought I wan't pretty enough to be a pop star. It was very very strange.

Unless you're a serial killer, you're worried about being liked by somebody.

There are all sorts of people who will say disobliging things about me. I don't mind that. I would rather people said, 'This is a man that sticks to his principles, not a man who's worried about popularity.'

We have to unclutter our brains from worries that maybe people don't like us. Women tend to worry about popularity; it doesn't matter if they like you. They need to respect you. They need to show that respect for you in your pay check. And that needs to be okay.

We have got to stop worrying about being loved and start worrying about being respected. And that's exactly how I'll lead our country.

I spent so much of my time when I was growing up just worrying about what people thought of me, about my appearance, how I should act in school, how to... be popular and all that rubbish. Stop worrying about everything. Everything's going to be okay.

I can't think of anything worse than calling Shakespeare 'highbrow,' because on the one hand, it's brilliant writing. But his plays were popular. People went to see them.

The worse the reviews, the better for our demographic.

Is there anything worse than being called the 'It Girl?' By definition, there will be a new one in two weeks.

In this business, if you're a success, there's some folks who actually worship you. I have been to some places where it's impossible to walk across the stage without having the major portion of my outfit torn off for souvenirs.

Not everyone can handle success, but look at Rajinikanth. His films release all over India, his fans worship him and what not. But when I first met him, I felt like he is one of us.

If you're at the top, people worship you wherever you go. But when you're dying down, it's difficult to sell tickets!

The best thing commercially, which is the worst artistically, by and large, is the most successful.

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

As long as I'm still able to have a hit on the radio and sell a few albums and some tickets, I don't see that it would be worth retiring.

Consider the social proof of a line of people standing behind a velvet rope, waiting to get into a club. The line makes most people walking by want to find out what's worth the wait. The digital equivalent of the velvet rope helped build viral growth for initially invite-only launches like Gmail, Gilt Groupe, Spotify, and Turntable.fm.

You can pick songs that sound like hits, but if it's not something that somebody wants to tell their friends, 'Hey man, have you heard this song?' then I don't think it's worth it. The only way to get your music out there, is for someone to tell their friends about it.

I have so many man crushes - 'my brother' Tom Hardy, Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper - if he's here today, I might get a bit squealish.

Tom Selleck is a big draw.

I never wanted to be a Tom Cruise-type of megastar.

Tom Brady. He is good looking.

Every Tom, Dick and Harry is making records. They have one hit and are gone forever.

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.

Tom Cruise is dope.