Limmy Quotes

I've never dreamt of being on TV; I had never tried to be in the entertainment business at all.

I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.

I've been famous for years through my entertainment programs, through my show business activities and my business.

Although early on, I did not think of showbiz, I dreamed of being on TV and becoming a celebrity.

It feels really strange when I walk by newsstands and I don't see any magazines with me in it!

They want me on the television shows now because I did so well on Celebrity Assholes.

I've got three friends that you'd call famous, but I'm sure after 20 years, most of my friends will be famous or work in television, because that's the nature of what your work is. When I was working in an office, most of my friends worked in offices.

Television, I love it, everything that happened before television lumped together, never caused folks to turn on a street to stare at me, or waitresses to ask for autographs.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

My fame is due to broadcast television.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

Obama was 200 percent advertising. I promote myself to sell my brands. Because now I am a kind of celeb. I am in a different world than the fashion industry. I am with Mick Jagger, Michael Jackson, Madonna. I build me as a celebrity.

I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'

Oh, isn't it cool? It's so cool being an actor! It's so cool having my face on a bus.

There are two things that you never turn down: Sex and an invitation to appear on television.

I think it'd be cool to be in film and television, but I never thought that would happen.

I personally love auditioning. It's not just about that part: it's about getting to meet new people and really introducing myself to them - getting my name out there more than getting just that project.

It's one of the best parts of being on the 'Real Housewives' and why I love it: getting to talk to so many great people.

So far my career in movies didn't take off because I don't have a lobby to support and sign me. That's the only explanation I have. But people love Rakhi Sawant.

I don't know how people get into show business if their family's not in it.

I started out on the stage, then I had a great career in television for quite a few years. The good news about a TV series is that they give you a certain amount of fame and money. The bad news is that you're in people's living rooms every week and get associated with a particular character.

When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why should I? We live in an age where fame is not related to what you do.