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Quotes About Anonymity

There's not really anywhere I can go without being recognized, but if I put my hair up, that cuts the crowd in half.
~ Shaun White
I don't want my writing to be recognized.
~ Shawn Ryan
I don't get recognized in England. Not at all. Every so often, I get recognized in other countries.
~ Katie McGrath
I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.
~ Gabriel Basso
I've been approached by a couple of people who've recognized me from 'Jack Reacher.' It's great... when the feedback's positive. I don't know if I look forward to the day when I can't go out and get a cup of coffee. I kinda hope that day never happens.
~ Jai Courtney
I don't get recognized that much. That's the best part of it. I tend to get things like, 'You sound a lot like that guy on 'Deadwood.' And that's lovely. I've been very fortunate. No giggling, screaming girls. None of that.
~ Timothy Olyphant
It's terrible when I go somewhere, and I'm not recognized.
~ John J. McLaughlin
It's nice to be recognized, but at the same time, there are always consequences. You may get fame, but you lose anonymity. You lose a certain sense of who you are.
~ Mike Colter
I get recognized all the time, but not as Haley Bennett.
~ Haley Bennett
I like to have some privacy, especially where my family is concerned, so when I'm recognized, I'll usually say something like 'I get that all the time' or 'Theo Epstein? Who's that?'
~ Theo Epstein
I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.
~ Peter Krause
I like to lay low. I like to hang back. I like to be the person that's not really recognized.
~ Brooks Koepka
Does anybody like being recognized? I understand that it's my job. I'm grateful about people who are moved enough by the work to want to say something. But I mourn the loss of anonymity.
~ Samin Nosrat
I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized.
~ Lou Barlow
The funniest thing that happened was that my dog got recognized but not me.
~ Emma Corrin
I can go to cities and go to restaurants or the movies and occasionally I'll get recognized - but not for the most part.
~ Buster Posey
I never, ever worry about anybody recognizing me.
~ Charlie Bewley
People are more likely to pass me on the street without recognizing me, and that's good.
~ Hugo Weaving
I don't like people recognizing me all around the world. I really don't like that, as it's breach of my privacy.
~ Radhika Apte
I have no friends here apart from the dudes at my record label, and I didn't go to school with no one. Nobody knows me - I'm incognito. It's all new, all fun.
~ MF Doom
A lot of people in the movie business don't have a point of reference for me; nobody really knows who I am.
~ Andre Holland
The thing that turned out to be interesting about CB radios was the ability to call out in the world with anonymity. You choose your handle. Race and class become non-signifiers.
~ Rashid Johnson
I don't want to hear that Harry Belafonte is out there. It forces me not to see the audience as an anonymous mass.
~ Nigel Hawthorne
I can walk into a bookstore and hand over my credit card and they don't know who the hell I am. Maybe that says something about bookstore clerks.
~ E. L. Doctorow