Rocky Johnson Quotes

'The Host' is very much in the same vein as 'Twilight', and there's clearly a huge fan base out there. But I can't imagine myself being as huge as Robert Pattinson. I'm not sure I could handle that level of fame.

When I do club appearances, it's girls who come up and get their photos taken with me, not just guys.

It does get strange when you realize people will hang around for hours to get a glimpse of you doing scenes outside.

I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity.

I'm not such a big star. I am just a little planet. In Spain, people don't put so much attention on the star system. But here in America, I can feel it. Mostly, people are very, very nice. But there are also a bunch of fanatics behind the stars.

People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

The one thing that's depressing as a comedian to realize is that rock stars get groupies, and comedians don't.

Outside my house in Delhi, you will find at least 10 guys waiting to catch a glimpse of me.

It almost hurts me to walk down a road and have people grab my hand and ask for my autograph and not sit and talk. When I'm finished I'm not going to be on the front page, but I'm going to be just as happy without the publicity.

I am not this big celebrity, but it gets really crazy. You have to go through the nuts of blowing up, in a sense, and then figuring out how to live your life with that.

We live in a celebrity-obsessed society.

The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

The rock star stuff never came up for us. The Band was never attacked by groupies before, during or after any show that we ever played.

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.

People want to act like they know celebrities. They want to see pictures. They want to know where you're going. They want to hear you talk about your family.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

Any star can be devoured by human adoration, sparkle by sparkle.

Yeah, people following me down the street and at the airport and all that. I can't imagine what it must be like for people who are, you know, actually famous.

For me, becoming a celebrity was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Suddenly, I was an international cover girl. Everybody was lapping up my Hemingwayness. They wanted to rub elbows with me or brush up against me.

It's hard and sometimes it's scary. It still amazes my mother. I went home for Christmas one year and there were fans all over the front lawn, hoping to see me.

I remember being in Atlantic City once when I was 18 or 19, and a sea of people were screaming and pulling their hair because I was there. It was weird. Nobody deserves adulation like that. I tried to explain it to my kids once. I said, 'Mommy used to be kind of cool, kind of like a Britney Spears.'

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

There's so much craziness that comes along with being a movie star that you can get so confused. Unless you've spent your whole life waiting to be the centre of attention, it's pretty terrifying.