Robert H. Jackson Quotes

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.

I'm really no different than anybody else; except that sometimes I get my name in the paper.

If I was a singer who won those Grammys, I'd be gracing all the magazine covers... I barely got asked to do an interview.

Fame is one thing, notoriety is another.

I'm a really private person. I just love my work. I feel like celebrity has changed so much, in this culture. Ever since they started with those reality shows and people that aren't actors but they're really famous, it's gotten very different from when I started out. So, the idea of ever becoming more than what I had is not really what I want.

I never made any money off of my records. It gave me the name across the country so that I could do some of the things in my personal appearances.

If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.

Fame and secrecy are the high and low ends of the same fascination.

A good name will wear out; a bad one may be turned; a nickname lasts forever.

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

My theory is that when you're famous, you're no different from anybody else - it's just that more people know your name.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

What matters is performances, regardless of what the name is, whether it's The Rock - which is my nickname and people call me that all the time - it's no big deal. So, whether it's The Rock or Dwayne Johnson, in terms of being recognised I just think that the goal is to be recognised as a good actor. I don't put much thought or weight into the name, or the name change, or what it is, or what does it mean? It's just a nickname.

What can you do. You get a name, you're called 'Thomas Bernhard', and it stays that way for the rest of your life. And if at some point you go for a walk in the woods, and someone takes a photo of you, then for the next eighty years you're always walking in the woods. There's nothing you can do about it.

What must that be like? To be admired before you’ve even said a word, to be desired two or three hundred times a day by people who have absolutely no idea what you’re like?

When I was better known than her, she put my name in that tent. I was asked to do Celebrity Big Brother, but why should I? We live in an age where fame is not related to what you do.

It's a good thing [James] Dean died when he did. If he'd lived, he'd never have been able to live up to the publicity.

Only think of my being alive with a reputation!

It is so strange - if anyone takes my name, I have the ability to make them famous.

If I can only keep my good name, I shall have riches enough.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

Any press is good press.

The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.