Quotes About Popularity

It's a cyclical thing. When they make one, everyone loves them. Different genres come around in succession. People always welcome the western. It's America's genre.

Why is Kris Jenner a powerhouse? Because some part of us confuses fame and infamy, too. If she really bothered us half as much as we claim she does, we'd look away and stop feeding her empire.

I practically knew everyone in my town, and now they're all cheering for me. It's humbling and exciting, too.

I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.

The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me.

I don't like being a celebrity, really... Some people get greater praise than they deserve because they have had exposure in the media. I don't think I agree with that at all.

Nobody pulls a prank like George Clooney.

I am fortunate to be successful. People's love is precious to me. I can never take that for granted.

I like writing about popular culture. It helps to place people. I think you can be really, really accurate if you know enough about it, and place people precisely.

You can never predict a hit.

There was no way to predict that 'This is Us' was going to be what it is, that it would really resonate with people.

Well, 'Diablo III' went from no players to over 10 million in a very short period of time. It's really difficult to predict that type of response.

The thing is with us is, we never want to be predictable. But at the same time we know what our fans love and we know what kind of sounds we want to get across to everyone.

People like me and Aretha Franklin and Joe Tex, we had predicted that inside of five years disco would be all over, that it was just a fad. But we didn't anticipate being knocked out of the pocket altogether.

Of course, I always hoped Squid Game would do well. But no one could have predicted it would be this big. In just one month, everything changed.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

I have always tried to perform the music I love, and I think I am lucky because my preferences are often the ones of the public.

There are so many songs that have become massive hits merely because the video is great, while the song is pretty rubbish. From that point of view, I think I've always preferred to listen to a song rather than look at it.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.

I think Aquaman feels - and deservedly so - like an A-list, premier DC hero. I hope that carries on; it certainly will carry over to Justice League.

When you play football in the Premier League, everybody is watching.

Everybody wants the Hollywood glamour of the Premier League.

Nothing could prepare you for being instantly famous.

I was for sure not prepared for fame when it happened.