John Milton Quotes

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

We are more solicitous that men speak of us, than how they speak.

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

An eminent reputation is as dangerous as a bad one.

Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.

We endeavor more that men should speak of us, than how and what they speak, and it sufficeth us that our name run in men's mouths, in what manner soever. It stemma that to be known is in some sort to have life and continuance in other men's keeping.

Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.

Control the public's perception of you and nobody will care if you have any talent.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

It's an odd beast, fame. It's got multiple personalities.

In America, it takes about two weeks in the limelight for the whole country to think you've been around for years.

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.

It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image.

A lot of things have been said about me. People are going to talk, and that's a good thing; I want people to talk.

Whenever you're on a reality show, you're the scum of the earth. You have no talent, you're a nothing, and you deserve nothing.