Quotes About Perception

A lot of people say that comedy doesn't travel well. I found it very accessible.

People say I'm a one-note actor, but the way I figure it, those other guys are just looking for that one right note.

Whenever people say they didn't like the main character of a book, they mean they didn't like the book. The main character has to be a friend? I don't get that.

People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.

There's always these giant baffling books, like 'The Da Vinci Code.' People say it's not as well written as 'Midnight's Children.' Why aren't people reading 'Midnight's Children?' Nobody knows why these phenomenons happen but they're great.

The more people say nice things about me, the more I feel it's false.

I don't believe anyone who says they don't care what people say about them. Of course they bloody well do.

It's always nice to have people say you're good-looking. But I do get told I'm not right for parts because I'm too good-looking.

You know how people say awards don't mean anything? Hello! I think the energy around them makes everyone cuckoo.

I'm trying to take all the media attention with a grain of salt. It is nice, but you are never as great as people say you are. And you're never as bad as others say you are.

Magazines and opinions of you and stuff like that, those will change, but your opinion of yourself does not have to based on what other people say. So I just learned that my inner voice has to be louder than their outside voice.

I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.

I don't want to say I hate remixes, because I don't, but I hate what instantly comes to mind now when people say 'remixes.'

People say, 'I know you, don't I?' And they expect me to say I know them from their daughter's school or something - they can't place me. And I love that. Long may it last.

I think as we get older, as we get more mature and more experienced, we do realize it's like, 'blah, blah, blah,' oh there's the information I need, and then 'blah, blah, blah,' right? So we do this triage, I feel like, of what people say to us.

If a man is a writer, everybody tiptoes around past the locked door of the breadwinner. But if you're an ordinary female housewife, people say, 'This is just something Barbara wanted to do; it's not professional.'

People say children are charming because they tell the truth. That's a lie. I've got five of them. They only tell the truth if they're in pain.

I'm not an idiot; I try not to look, but I see what people say about me on Facebook. I see other things written. But I don't care.

Every man, woman and child knows about Mugabe, but people say, 'Mogae, who is that?'

I sometimes laugh at the fact that people say I have good style.

I prefer to get my own picture of people and Pep was the main reason that I moved to City. I am very happy with how things have gone, both personally and in a sporting sense.

I don't think I've ever listened to 'Sgt. Pepper's' the whole way through.

When I go gray, I'm not going to be able to see it that much. I won't be salt and pepper: I'll be like salt and the white pepper you can buy.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.