Liz Phair Quotes

I have no sense of being famous - you're just working. And then you'll have a random day in London when you'll do some press and it creeps into your awareness that this goes out - that what you do every day goes out to televisions right across the country.

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.

When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I hate to admit this, I found myself liking the fame. I bought into it.

There's not a whole lot of media interest in me other than just the records that I make.

I get recognised a fair bit. It goes up when 'Peep Show' or the sketch show is on the telly or when we're doing loads of interviews.

I'm doing my sit-ups and watching CNBC. Suddenly, somebody starts talking about me on television... The business has gone into a weird zone of visibility. For those of us who have done it for a long time, it's strange.

I have to accept the fact that the time I was on, 'Project Runway' was already becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

When I was on 'Project Runway,' my website got a million hits a month, and there's nothing bad you can say about that.

Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.

If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more.

Being in 'Us Weekly' does not make you famous.

It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

I've grown up in the press my entire life.

It's so great to have your private relationships play out in the press.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

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.

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.

The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2.

But the thing is, I was never looking at a strategic way of gaining fame. That's not why I'm doing this.

When I started getting notoriety it was cheesy to appear in a commercial.