Jerry Van Dyke Quotes

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

There's a tendency, when the offspring of a famous person does something notable, to define them by their more-famous parent.

But, you know, you can't be a star at home.

All of a sudden, one day, you're this boxer that everybody like, or you're this guy that people pass on the highway and wave at. The next day, you're this guy that everybody want to touch - be in touch with you. Then you think that this is the answer to all things.

Everybody in the world knew who I was before I knew who I was.

I think it magnified it. For me, I wasn't sheltered so I think it was magnified. Especially when you're a teenager and you go to high school and you're in the business and you are known.

You can't really fault people who are experiencing fame. They're just making their way through, and everybody around them is reflecting this fame right back at them. It's strange.

It took years and a lot of diligence on my part. But I've formed my own thing, and now I get people who are surprised to find out he's my dad. I dreamed that would happen, and it has: I'm no longer introduced to people as Brian Williams' daughter.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

No matter what I do, unless I break his records, I'm still going to be Sterling's little brother.

For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.

Of course people are going to compare me to my father, and there's no problem with that. At the end of the day, I'm going to have to live with that for the rest of my life, whether I like it or not.

I have a legacy which I carry from my media career. That is why you will find that everybody will have an opinion about me.

I wouldn't do a lot of the things most actresses do, and that includes my sister.

It took me awhile to learn the public eye was on me.

You know, sometimes people recognize me, sometimes they don't.

I want to be famous. That's my ambition, and there is nothing wrong with it.

I don't want to be in the public eye so much that you reach the point where everyone has an opinion about you.

'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.

It's always been my dream to be among the big names of Colombia.

I am the youngest of six. There's the smart one and the pretty one, and I am the loud one.

I know I have become a star, but I don't want to believe it.

It's a very strange thing being recognized or looked upon as someone special.

Growing up in Boston, I was always Matt, Son of Former New England Patriot Don. And then when my brother Tim was a senior in high school, I became Matt, Brother of Tim.

I have a strange situation as far as my name is concerned, because of course, what should my name really be? Is it my traditional Jewish name? Or this curious name my parents put together, partially to honor departed family members, and partially to keep me away from the absolute craziness of my grandparents' fame and the intrusiveness of their fans? So many people call me "MTT," and some do say, "Oh Maestro," and some are comfortable calling me Michael.