Quotes About Popularity

Hazte a la idea de que decir que no a menudo exige cambiar popularidad por respeto.

Normalmente nunca quieres formar parte de una tendencia popular. No quieres ser la cuarta empresa que vende comida para mascotas por internet a finales de la década de 1990.

We believe that we have checks and balances, but have rarely faced a situation like the present: when the less popular of the two parties controls every lever of power at the federal level, as well as the majority of statehouses. The party that exercises such control proposes few policies that are popular with the society at large, and several that are generally unpopular—and thus must either fear democracy or weaken it.

In my fifty years of public life, I have never seen a man [Ronald Reagan] more popular with the American people

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.

The odd thing about comedy is that the more personal you are, the larger the audience.

Celebrity is titillating for a million reasons, right? So I think that's a fun part of it. This job that we do is weird. It's a very specific, odd industry to be a part of on many levels. When you're starting out, it's got a series of interesting quirks. And as you become more successful those quirks just change.

What's odd is that Romanthony and Todd Edwards are not big in the United States at all. Their music had a big effect on us.

I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.

I don't think I've spawned a nation of Davinas. We have Kylies and Britneys but Davinas have missed out. Should I be offended? That is the question.

The Fox News cable channel is doing very well because there is a market for what Fox News has to offer.

I've got quite a big fan base, and people like to see you do the same thing - that's why you get offered the same roles.

What matters is the quality of your show. In my opinion, numbers will fluctuate but you need to be honest with what you are offering to your audience. There are shows that have super high numbers but then you can't even sit through those.

Our first record with Spandau Ballet went to number five - I guess we were offering something different and it appealed.

I made a record album in 1960 and it exploded, and I got all these offers for TV.

Today it's not culture; it's box office.

If you look at who drives the box office numbers at these films, it's men.

They thought in terms of: whatever you had that started you at the box office, this was it.

In America, people come up and to me, and I keep thinking they're going to say, 'Oh, I loved you on 'ER.'' Now it's, 'Oh, I love you on 'Doctor Who.''

There was a day when doing TV was like, oh my God, the end of your career. Now it's just like, we all want to do TV; we all want to do great TV.

I love that my music is connecting with people, but I don't think there'll be a point where I feel like, 'Oh yeah, I'm famous now.'

I've come to terms with the fact that if you're on TV, lots of people like you and lots of people hate you, and once you're OK with that, you apply it to everything.

Rock n' roll is dying because people became OK with Nickelback being the biggest band in the world.

There are two jobs. There is being an actor, and there is being a celebrity. Some people are really good at both. Some people are really good celebrities and terrible actors, and some people are really good actors and terrible celebrities. Hopefully, I am a really good actor and an OK celebrity.