Quotes About Popularity

I'm not prepared to give up the truth for popularity.

I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.

You know how it works here. If you don't have the presence of Bollywood, people won't recognize the sport. Even an established game like hockey had to include some Bollywood tinge to it.

Nobody compares to Drake as far as hits, but Michael Jackson had presence. That's the difference.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

You watch award shows, and not only are you not nominated, but you're not a presenter and haven't been invited to any of the parties.

I did not become president to be popular. To work, to lead, to protect and preserve our country, our people, that is why I became president.

In my presidency I've been guided by what's right, not what's popular.

A President cannot always be popular.

Everybody loved me running for president in '91 and '92 because they never knew a presidential candidate before.

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

People have been able to see that as cheeky and as flirty as I am, I am not the dreadful slapper that the press used to portray me as. But it will probably all turn around and people will hate me again in a couple of years.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I have done many movies that people hadn't seen. 'The Fountain,' I spent a year on that. 'The Prestige' with Chris Nolan, and 'Australia.' From my perspective it's very satisfying. Some movies people see and other movies they don't. 'Wolverine,' 'X Men,' I know that in some level people know me just for that and it's fine for me.

Films do seem prestigious and glamorous, but when you create something, you want people to see it. TV still reaches so many more people; it still really appeals to me.

It's good to be in the news for whatever reason. I can't pretend that I am not enjoying the attention. Being popular is a good thing.

When I tell my friends, 'I'm in the 'Bourne' movie,' they're like, 'Congratulations! Wait... is Matt Damon coming back?' I go, 'Yeah.' And they're like, 'Yo! Matt Damon! Matty D!' Everyone pretends they know Matt Damon. It's exciting.

Football is, honestly, so objectively bad that I have always been convinced that the only reason it is so 'popular' is some kind of mass conspiracy. Everyone who 'likes' it is just pretending to like it because they see other people 'liking' it, and now we are all forced to endure it.

Girls in my school were always prettier.

Love Scars' blew up pretty fast.

I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.

I was really heavy growing up, so it was never feeling like the pretty girl, never being popular.

Pretty good, you know it's nice when you get people coming up to you saying 'Can I have a photo or an autograph'; it's a compliment, I think.

I've written hundreds of songs, and I tend to think that my instincts are pretty good when it comes to what people are going to like and what people aren't going to like.