Arnel Pineda Quotes

Privately I think that I'm not really somebody who has a network television show. Celebrities are other people - Johnny Carson and Sylvester Stallone. I'm just a kid trying to make a living is the way I feel.

One of the reasons people find me a believable actor is that I don't seem like one of the gods from Olympus. I seem like someone who was lucky enough to be let into Olympus.

I'm just the same guy... I don't need to be a celebrity or a superstar.

I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.

I am not a star. At least, I don't consider myself a star.

I really feel like a regular dude who happens to be incredibly lucky.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

I think of myself as a musician and not a celebrity. Celebrity status is something you have to deliberately pursue - I couldn't imagine myself seeking that.

Being called a 'music legend' is a very funny thing. It's nice to know that my work has been appreciated and that people have given me that status. On a personal level, however, I can't think about it too much. It means a lot... but then it doesn't.

I don't consider myself a star.

Personally, I've never really wanted to be a rock star. That wasn't my motivation in life. It kind of happened.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.

I don't think I'm a celebrity. I'm just a guy from east Texas who loves cars and airplanes.

I'm still Sean that me mates went to school with, not Sean the film star. And that's the way I prefer to be.

You know, most people, they want to go to Hollywood. They want to be a star. They want to be a rock star. That thought never entered any of our minds, the Van Halen family.

I'm not a star, and I don't want to be a star. Stars fall. I'm an ordinary guy with an extraordinary job.

We're not aware of fame itself, we're not that kind of band.

At heart I cannot accept that I am a well-known rock 'n' roll star and one of the greatest drummers in the world.

When people come up to me and ask for a photo, ask for an autograph, I'm like 'Me? Are you sure?' I don't consider myself to be a public figure. I just happen to be.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.

I don't really celebrate fame because I get enough attention.

I actually don't feel famous.

I'm not a star. I don't feel I'm so great. So how can I make you feel great just because you've got my signature on a piece of paper?

I don't in any sense think of myself as a celebrity, which of course I'm not.