Muhammad Ali Quotes

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.

There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars.

Posing on the red carpet feels like you're selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it's like we're saying, 'Oh! We come as a pair! Would you like to buy both of us? We're available for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs!'

I'm not thirsty. I'm not a pop star. I don't want to reign over all forever... I don't want to be famous! It makes me feel sick, the thought of being a famous person. It's just not me.

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

Some people call me a publicity hound.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

I'm definitely a ham for the paparazzi.

I realise there's an innate paradox in promoting oneself on the one hand and saying, 'Oh, I don't want to be famous,' on the other.

You have to have a certain persona to be a star, you know, and I don't have that. I'm a banana.

I'm not a wannabe Miley Cyrus.

I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.

I'm not a film star, I am an actress. Being a film star is such a false life, lived for fake values and for publicity.

Mass media wants bright lights. Mass media wants crazy clothes.

There's a weird cloud around you when you're recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.

I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.

Everyone in the film industry does a lot of drama to get the limelight.

I don't understand why guys want to be controversial and in the press all the time. It's just not my nature.

I'm not interested in the idea of celebrity.

Any actor who says that they don't want the attention, and that they're tired of all the interviews and photoshoots, are just pretending.

The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.

John Glenn craved the publicity. I think even John would admit that. When he went into politics, that became pretty obvious! He knew how to do public relations.

There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that's not me.

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.