Quotes About Popularity

There isn't a studio in the world that wouldn't burn half its soundstages to get a Tom Cruise movie.

Its all been very flattering and fun. It's a thrill to be recognized. I don't know, if it gets to the point like Tom Cruise, who can't walk down the street.

You acquire certain tastes. And if your taste happens to coincide with the majority of people, then you're in pretty good shape. But you're not always right. There were times when I stubbed my toe, and some will end up being on my tombstone - like 'Supertrain.'

I want people to feel what it was like in the '40s. That's when popular music in the United States was so beautiful. Frank Sinatra, the Pied Pipers, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Tommy Dorsey, Billie Holiday. That's when popular music had deeper values, to me. This was music that was selling millions of records.

If I'm so popular, why did they replace me with Tommy Thayer?

My first fragrance as a kid was Tommy Girl. It was amazing. Wasn't it the thing to wear? And then I remember I stopped wearing it because it was literally like the whole classroom was filled with Tommy Girl.

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

I don't believe in stardom; it is like a relationship. Today it is with you, tomorrow it might go to someone else.

What I ended up learning was that I had to do what I do well, and do it really well and say, 'Maybe there is no pop music that sounds like this now, but I can make it so maybe tomorrow what I like can be what everybody likes.'

The potential hot tomato of today can turn into the cold pop tart of tomorrow, and I know that.

'Girls' is a huge show, as far as buzz, and magazine covers, and getting a ton of copy, and awards. And yet I don't think the viewership is huge.

A ton of kids at school have made fun of me; if I had to give advice to other girls, I would say, 'Hang loose and ignore them. They shouldn't faze you no matter how popular they think they are.'

England was always very special. It was so important because the reason Benny and I started writing was the Beatles. During the Sixties, England was everything. To be number one in England was more important than being number one in America because England set the tone.

I'm working my butt off every day to make sure people have my name on the tip of their tongue.

We're talking about being relevant again. I want the Sixers to be on people's tongues again... I want the Sixers to be the basketball team that people want to see.

I didn't realize how many people watched 'The Tonight Show.'

The next step for me is not 'The Tonight Show.' That's a job for Jimmy Fallon. I'm way too divisive for a show like that.

Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.

I think people make way too much of ratings.

I would rather have people say let's see more of her than she's too much.

It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.

I question the value of stars. I think they're overrated. They get too much money, too much praise.

With 'Nighty Night' series one, Oprah Winfrey's channel took it on, so she must have liked it.