Michael Owen Quotes

I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't.

One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it.

I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy.

People have expectations of me but I'm not a magician.

It's normally the kiss of death to be identified as a rising star, or someone to watch.

Any guy hates Valentine's Day. Even if you're in love, you can't win on Valentine's Day. If you're married, you can't win on Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day is like the thing you want to avoid at all costs.

Mother set impossibly high standards for us, creating tremendous pressures and undermining our ability to accomplish whatever modest aims we may have set for ourselves.

I feel like, sometimes, people, because of the amount of media, because of the amount of attention, people seem to think I have to do things. Like, I have to win right now! But I don't feel like that.

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

There have been times I almost got a persecution complex. I felt like people wouldn't let me grow up. They always saw me as a smiling kid or goofy teenager, no matter how much I'd changed.

My biggest insecurity is that my personality is too much, and as I get older, it's just getting bigger.

United is no longer just a football club; it is an institution. I feel the demands are beyond one human being.

Even if somebody in your family is successful, it doesn't change anything. On the contrary, I suppose people expect more of you in certain ways.

It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.

So as long as I'm a human being and I'm not perfect, I'm able to say I'm having some growing pains. Because in order to sustain where you are once you made such a breakthrough that everyone is looking at you, now everyone is like, 'Ooh, is she gonna make a mistake?' Yes, I'm going to make a mistake. Yes, I'm still gonna do things.

If anything bad happens, the media will leap on it. We're under a huge obligation to be successful.

Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor.

The way my father raised me was really informative of how I think about my role as a female and how I view myself in a professional and personal capacity. So he encouraged me to set the bar very high for myself, to set great goals for myself.

If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous.

I think it's true for all of us, if you find yourself doing really well at something, then the pressure is on you to try to improve.

People are always asking me - because of my family - if I ever feel pressure or feel like I have something to live up to. And having that in the back of my head, I've just learned to be really brave even in the face of feeling ill-prepared.

I felt like I had to be, you know, perfect, which is ridiculous. Nobody's perfect.

You don't have to be in the brightest, shiniest state of being an individual to feel like you're exceptional.

When you start to have success, people look at you differently and expect more from you. With that comes a lot of pressure to perform, so it can be a little overwhelming.