Ricky Gervais Quotes

Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.

To enjoy being famous, you need to have a screw loose.

In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too.

I see L.A. as a workplace rather than somewhere to live. If I don't get out, I go crazy. If you have a little success, people treat you differently, so it's good to keep a healthy perspective. It's acting, not rocket science.

As an only child, I embrace loneliness. Hollywood loneliness helped to understand Marilyn Monroe in a real way. I was able to portray her very well.

What is it about actors? God knows I get bored with actors talking about themselves.

I think that as soon as you think of yourself as a famous person or anything like that, you're objectifying yourself in some weird way.

I know I'm not a self-indulgent idiot; I also know I'm not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, that's when the mental illness arrives.

I never thought about being on a series before. It seemed like such a big commitment. But I love going to work every day. This is not about ego, it's about work, and that's refreshing in this town.

I don't know one actor that became an actor for healthy reasons.

There's a danger in Hollywood of becoming self-obsessed.

I'm not a star, I'm an actor.

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

I got too caught up in Hollywood, being so into myself and my image.

That's why I never took this business too seriously, thinking I was something special, when I knew the truly great performers in motion pictures. pictures.

I had a growing career as a model and an actress in London - I had starred opposite Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in 'The Wilby Conspiracy' - but everyone told me to stay in Hollywood. This was the place, they said, and I could have a big career. What they failed to mention was that no one would quite know what to do with me.

Actresses are kind of a little crazy.

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially if you choose to surround yourself with friends and not acolytes.

In madness, I thought I was the most important person in the world.

I'd never really considered film. If I'd thought about film more growing up, I probably would have changed my name. I had no concept of my name in lights.

You know a lot of times wrestlers get too full of themselves. They can't separate themselves from the characters. They get used to the excitement, the energy, the lifestyle and the money and with a lot of these guys, when it stops, they self-destruct.

I'm vain enough to want do a movie again.

I am going to be the next Ryan Gosling.

Fame is damaging when people become reliant on it for their sense of self, and their identity, when fame is linked to how you see yourself.

You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.