Robert Rinder Quotes

Let them hate as long as they fear.

When Shonda Rhimes calls, you feel like you get called into the principal's office a little bit, and you think, 'Maybe I better take that call.'

The funny thing about any cop uniform is that people will do what you say when you're wearing a cop uniform.

People know who I am. I have less ability to be intimidated, in a sense, than others coming up.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

I think Chris Martin is younger than I am, but when I met him, I felt like I was talking to my father. It's so strange, that feeling when someone is that famous - you assume that they are either older or better.

If you see a gaggle of teenagers walking towards you, you tend not to make eye contact, because you know they're going to recognise you. You learn to adapt: 99.999 per cent of people aren't looking to be harmful or unpleasant; they just want something, a photograph or an autograph.

I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.

I mean, there was a portion, of course, that I think, when I look back now, that there was a portion of what attracted me must have been the awe of him being a powerful man in this environment, not to take away from who he is as a real person.

Power may be at the end of a gun, but sometimes it's also at the end of the shadow or the image of a gun.

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

I don't even know what TV star means. I know there's a difference in how people approach you, compared to movies. They feel OK coming up to you and sitting with you in a restaurant, unfortunately.

Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out.

After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.

You don't mess with Oprah. She has enough money in her left pocket to have me killed.

When my dad first started out in the police force, wearing the uniform was a sense of pride, and it was respected in the community for what the police force was all about. Unfortunately today, the uniform is a target.

My being some kind of celebrity - not a real celebrity, isn't a welcome part of the job.

It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.

When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about.

I think it's so strange that certain people think they know you because you've been in a film. It's very flattering, but it's also very scary.

If I walk in the street in Korea, I am recognized.

I think if you talk to my colleagues, I was less than a fearsome individual.

I was always known in my industry, and I always enjoyed a modicum of popularity.

I think part of being in the public eye is getting recognized and dealing with positive and negative scrutiny.

I'm recognized, let me put it that way.