James Anderson Quotes

I wouldn't miss the fame. I don't go out hunting for it. I try to avoid it and to slip into the background wherever I go.

I don't think I'm prepared for life in the spotlight. I don't even think I'm really prepared now, but I still don't really feel like I'm in the spotlight a lot. I'm not a household name. I'm not followed around by paparazzi. I still have a very normal life. I'd love as many people to know and like my music as possible, but there's something quite lovely about being able to still go and watch your boys play football.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

It must be odd, being recognisable. I would hate to lose that anonymity. It happened for a while with 'Spooks.' No one notices me now.

I don't really want people to see me. I'm not into stardom.

I used to hate being recognised.

The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.

I have no desire to be famous at all.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

I mostly go under the radar, which is fantastic because I would not be a good famous person.

I've noticed being back in football that, after some anonymity, people recognise you again. It's a pain in the neck.

I don't want to be famous.

I don't like to be famous.

I am not aware that I have deserved any notoriey, and I have no taste for its buzz.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight.

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around. I get to go to the shop and buy bread and milk, and no one worries me.

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place it. I don't really like my life intruded upon too much. In a way, it's kind of nice to not be all that well known.

I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.

I've been acting for a long time, and I've done a lot of things, and I've been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I'm reluctant to give that up.

Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.

In a lot of aspects it's cooler that we don't have a lot of really overly famous people in the band.