David Thewlis Quotes

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

People recognise me now. I've got so much fan mail.

I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.

I think most actors like to be liked.

I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

I never did anything about my stardom, it never meant anything to me.

They're cheering a young lad, the champion playboy of the Western World.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

I never really expected to win the hearts of the masses.

I longed for literary celebrity even as I saw with my own eyes how little happiness it brought.

Now, everybody knows my music. So that's really cool. A lot of kids know it. Now, when I go to a sports game, everybody knows my name.

I get called 'Mayor West' a lot in airports. I've been very fortunate to have a fan base that keeps growing, and the work gets such a warm response and humor from people.

To see fans cheering your name, that's shocking. I'm like, 'Wait, how do you know who I am?'

I got recognized at the market the other day, but, no, nothing that spectacular. There's nobody fainting in the street as I walk past.

Popularity matters a lot, as at the end of the day, the love of your audiences can make you win.

I want to be a star. It doesn't mean that I'll act any less. My performance will be at par, but I want to be a star. I want the audience to spend their hard-earned money on my tickets without doubting. And when that day comes, I'll believe I'm a star.

It's lovely being in a hit.