Jean Rostand Quotes

I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

I don't crave fame. I mean, it's nice to be recognized. It is useful.

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

And then, as the years went on, I just kept moving along, busting into doors and getting roles, until I started to actually believe that what these other people were saying was true.

If we didn't get the record, we didn't exist.

I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless.

I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.

It's awesome when people even notice that I'm an actor.

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.

I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense.

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am.

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

I always thought 'Rome' would change things for me, that people would finally understand what I do.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

Quest for popularity is probably a disqualification for greatness.

I've never wanted fame. I've only ever wanted recognition.

When people say I've become a star, it takes time to sink in.

I realize I lack popular recognition.

I got a call for 'Aaya Na Tu' the same day that Forbes featured me in their list of 30 under 30. That day, I knew I had established myself as more than just a singer.

Everyone always gets a little irritated by imitators, but mostly I'm flattered. What if you never did anything anyone wanted to copy?

When I went out to America, and someone wanted to sign me and invest in me, that was a big moment because, all my life, people have been trying to tell me to be different to what I was.

Nobody ever listened to me until they didn't know who I was

I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.

A prudent man should always follow in the path trodden by great men and imitate those who are most excellent, so that if he does not attain to their greatness, at any rate he will get some tinge of it.