Justin Trudeau Quotes

I have a name, I have to take advantage of it.

Having the name 'Bloomberg' doesn't help me in any way... and it really is a disadvantage and takes away from the image I'm trying to portray.

It's really important to me not to be known as Ross when I'm 60.

Money has never been my drive. I have never seen the shortage of money in my life, so for me, I don't want to buy a silk pillow or a private jet... My drive is to achieve more than what my grandfather achieved; my drive is to make a name for myself, get rid of this 'star son' tag that has been attached to me.

I had no particular desire to be a personality like my father, nor was I equipped to be one. I was determined to be my own man, although having the Fairbanks name did make it easier to get into an office to see someone.

I have so much to live up to as well as live down.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

I'm Mrs. Steve Irwin. I've got a lot to live up to.

I was pretty naive about how hard it would be to get out from under the family name. Not that I'm complaining.

I want people to understand why I'm not 'P1' or 'P2.'

Every time I pull on a jersey, I know people are going to notice the name on the back, no matter was name's on the front. It is something which will always follow me.

Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be recognized.

In the beginning, yes. I didn't like it because I wanted people to know me by Gabriel Iglesias, not by Fluffy.

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

My father was a public figure all my life, and so the presidency was an extension of that. I guess you get used to it, though you can stand back occasionally and think, 'Boy, this is really weird!'

Our names are an integral part of the faces we show to the world. If we're judged first on outward appearances, we're assessed next on our names.

People know me as 'Wipeout Girl' or 'Mercury Girl.' They never know my name, and sometimes, maybe that's a good thing.

I don't want to be remembered as 'the son of Bruce Lee'.

I live my life and I do what I do, and sometimes you forget that people are watching you.

Whenever I have a job, it's very important for me to handle myself in a way so that when there's another person, a young person of color, or even someone who's my age now, that they'll say, 'Oh, Dule was cool. Yeah, he handled his business. Yeah, he really added to what we did here,' so maybe we'll do it again.

I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that.

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress.

All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to deal with fame, money and playing so many roles, I lost myself. I said, 'Who am I?' And I wrote my first book to deal with that, 'The Ragman's Son.'

People think of me as a privileged young girl born to wear a chiffon party dress. I was born into a big acting family, and although I absolutely adore them, it's taken me time to work out how or where I feel comfortable.

Ronald Reagan knew who he was. Barack Obama is still working through that equation politically.