Kenya Barris Quotes

I do get recognised, but not as much as someone like Dev Patel or Nicole Kidman.

I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Somebody did an article in one of the newspapers saying that at that time I had the most visibility of any actor around. Kind of nice, you know, when that thing was happening.

I'm not a celebrity. I don't call myself a celebrity. I'm an actor.

Fame should be left to the film stars.

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.

People recognise me and come up to me sometimes, but I'm not like George Clooney.

I'm still trying to get over the fact that my name is being mentioned with people like Brad Pitt.

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

The one thing about being on 'ER' that has changed is that I'm more easily recognizable.

I think my recognizability ebbs and flows. I don't lead a particularly celebrity lifestyle or anything like that. I don't go to showbiz parties or red-carpet events, so it all depends on whether I've got a film out. I've not been very visible in the last year or so and as a result hardly anyone stops me in the street.

I know that everyone wants to know about 'Downton Abbey,' but the truth is that it was only a few days out of my life. Still, you play a distinctive part on a hit series, and everyone suddenly knows who you are. Isn't it crazy how this business works?

I don't think I'm a celebrity. Maybe I'm a cult figure?

I don't consider myself to be a celebrity. If anything I'm a minor celebrity or a TV star or whatever.

If you want to be really famous you have to go on TV every day.

I am no star. Nobody recognises me on the street.

I want to be famous.

I can headline a festival and then literally, 10 minutes later, be walking around, and nobody notices.

I want to show people that I can be a household name.

I never wanted to be famous. The characters I do are famous, and that's fine for me.

Being in 'The Crown' and being recognised in the street is weird for me.

This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.

I started to have notoriety in my late 20s or early 30s - like the first time someone recognized me in public was probably when I was 29 years old.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.