Jeremy Northam Quotes

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

Think of all the really successful men and women you know. Do you know a single one who didn't learn very young the trick of calling attention to himself in the right quarters?

Self-promotion has never been a point, and I'm incredibly inept at self-promotion.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

The thing about Hitchcock which is quite extraordinary for a director of that time, he had a very strong sense of his own image and publicizing himself. Just a very strong sense of himself as the character of Hitchcock.

Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects.

You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.

I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity.

I'm a walking billboard. That's my pleasure.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

Getting attention is my business. My whole life's predicated on, 'Hey, look at me!'

I'm not Ben Askren or a lot of these fighters. I've never called a reporter like, hey, I want to be on your show, book me, you know?

I be wearing my own merch outside, trying to get more famous.

I've become a brand.

The only reason I do these interviews - I hate talking about myself, I hate doing this stuff - is because incredibly well-meaning people, whom I respect and trust, tell me that this will help bring about positive changes. It's not going to cause a sea change, but it will benefit the public.

Sell yourself first, if you want to sell anything.

In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

My job is to put myself out there. It's beyond my control how I'm perceived.

It's a real skill to be able to publicise yourself.

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly. David Blaine is an example of someone who's better at self-promoting than me. He is much better than I am.

There are times in my career where I can see it would be helped by having a bit more of a profile, but it's not like I refuse to do interviews, no, not at all.

There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.