Augusten Burroughs Quotes

Star quality: I don't know what it is, but I've got it.

I didn't have that thing that Michael Bolton did; my star power - my charisma - was not a match to my writing ability.

You can't fake being a star. But you can also become a great personality.

We all know that a beautiful face is an important aspect of an actor's personality if he or she wants to make it big in Bollywood.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

It's the sad thing about entertainment, it's not always about who is the best.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

You need a bit more to be a pop star than just a good voice.

Actresses are just professionally lovely, aren't they?

All actors may not be stars, but all stars are actors, and I can vouch for that.

The X Factor is something that's real. Once you find that X Factor, it's undeniable. No matter what the critics say about our band, we obviously have the X Factor. Redfoo has got the X Factor.

Constance Wu is so dedicated, Anna Kendrick is ridiculously funny, and Blake Lively is magnetic.

I've always known I was a genius. But I never thought I was a star.

To me, the two things that Gal Gadot - who is an amazing actress, and she played a great Wonder Woman - but the true things that she actually has inside of her are this incredible warmth and charm that is also informed by great intelligence. It's those two things.

We have the reverse of the Puritan work ethic in America now. No one ever becomes a star by plugging along year after year. What is needed is flair, talent, 'an eye,' contacts, charisma, and, most of all, naturalness.

But I also think it's about a person's personality that draws people in, too, not just their singing.

There is no such thing as a reluctant star.

Jennifer Aniston is a genius.

I truly enjoy Bono. I think he is an amazing person; I love him.

Personality is essential. It is in every work of art. When someone walks on stage for a performance and has charisma, everyone is convinced that he has personality. I find that charisma is merely a form of showmanship. Movie stars usually have it. A politician has to have it.

If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, it's because they have something, something special.

On stage, don't go near her. She's the best performer in the world.

I would say that Emma Stone and Emma Watson are two very talented young actresses who are very intelligent and have a great sense of humor and have learned to balance what they love with their acting career, and I think that's really a great thing.

Madonna had to break through; I knew she was going to make it big, because I could see how ambitious she was, in a very genuine and sweet way.

I'm a pretty girl who's a model who doesn't suck as an actress.