Max Frisch Quotes

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

I think we as celebrities have a lot more control.

If you look at the footballers, you look at our celebrity culture, we seem to be saying, 'This is the way you want to be'. We seem to be a society that celebrates all the wrong people.

The modern politician is less interested in being a hero than a superstar. Heroes walk alone; stars derive their status from approbation.

It's very hard to shame people in Hollywood into anything because they don't often feel that kind of shame.

I know who famous people are, so I listen to them.

Reputation is the road to power

I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.

If you're famous, I don't - for the life of me - I don't understand why any famous person would ever be on Twitter.

I suppose my look, the way I play - you combine all that sort of stuff and that makes people interested in what I actually do. So then, when off-the-field stuff happens... I suppose it's one of those cocktail mixes.

If one man praises you, a thousand will repeat the praise.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

The influence of the leaders is due in very small measure to the arguments they employ, but in a large degree to their prestige. The best proof of this is that, should they by any circumstance lose their prestige, their influence disappears.

I think politicians and movie actors … are similar in more ways than they’re different. There is an egocentric quality about both; there is a very sensitive awareness of the public attitude, because you live or die on public favor or disfavor. There is the desire for publicity and for acclaim, because, again, that’s part of your life... And in a strange and bizarre way, when movie actors come to Washington, they’re absolutely fascinated by the politicians. And when the politicians go to Hollywood, they’re absolutely fascinated by the movie stars. It’s a kind of reciprocity of affection by people who both recognize in a sense they’re in the same racket.

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

The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance.

I think celebrity is taking a heavy shot because of reality TV and the rise of Mr. Trump. I think people are becoming a little more leery, assuming that being a celebrated individual means you have some gravitas.

The process of seeking fame is a process of seeking dehumanization. You are looking for it. You want it. But you only want the good parts of it. You want the part where people see you as just a collection of positive things and nothing else.

Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.