Quotes About Notoriety

Hollywood wants press, any kind of press.

It was hard to turn down the money since I didn't have a job, but I didn't want to exploit my notoriety because I knew the way I'd been living was wrong.

I understand being the villain is what people like. People play to that. They want to know about the villain.

Half the people who snuff people, that's what they want: recognition. Get their picture in the paper.

In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.

You do a couple of superhero things and then, all of a sudden, they want to get you because there may be some name value.

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

Many first-time authors are not concerned about the advance or royalties, they want the notoriety. They get smarter on their second book and look for the money.

As a future goal, I just want to be one of those guys that is known.

Before the Polaroid commercials, my image was that of a solid actress, a theater actress who could do anything. But the Polaroid commercials were high comedy... Through them I was finally noticed as a comedian.

I think it's cool people love to hate me.

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.

It is the melancholy fate of all young legends to becoming better known for the things they did to exploit fame than the things that made them famous in the first place.

If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.

I've sort of come to accept the fact that when I'm 80, people will ask about Michael Alig. I've had to realize that this is part of who I am.

A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity.

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

People who command respect are never as widely known as people who command attention. For

which, is a great thing—mostly. "Ah, fame,

Hay mucha gente buena, Irina, pero es discreta. Los malos, en cambio, hacen mucho ruido, por eso se notan más.

It's profoundly disorienting to go from zero to celebrity.

There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.

What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself.

Best-sellerism is the star system of the book world. A (best-seller) is a celebrity among books. It is a book known primarily (sometimes exclusively) for its well-knownness.