Betty Ford Quotes

That's one of the cool things about fame. You have an affect on society and where it goes.

To be a very, very minor, eighth-tier celebrity, you realize, 'Hey, celebrities are just like us.'

I think being on 'Weeds,' in general, makes it hard to think of me as Nemo anymore.

Because I look like Everyman on some level, I would say I get recognized once or twice a day.

People feel like they grew up with me.

Ask everyone whether they're an actor or a doctor or a teacher or whatever is entitled to his or her opinion. But unfortunately, because actors are in the public eye, whether we want it or not, sometimes our opinions carry more weight or influence than they deserve.

I'm not that big a celebrity. I'm just an ordinary person.

I went from living my life anonymously for 58 years to being a public figure known globally in a matter of minutes.

When it comes to the fame side of things. I don't think anybody, whether they're famous or not, could claim to understand that phenomenon or have any sort of power over it.

I'm just a regular person, like any other ordinary person is.

I am very conscious of the fact I am in people's living rooms every day, and they feel like they know me.

The only difference is that I'm a celebrity, and I'm shown to the world. Apart from that, I think I'm like most women my age.

Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh.

When we're out there, you'll never know a lot of people are gonna look up to you. You don't realize it, but soon you go on social media and see all the messages and people try to reach out to you and you start to realize how huge and how people look up to you.

I really want people to know that I am a normal girl. I'm not a superhero now. I'm not some sort of celebrity that doesn't have feelings. I'm very, very normal.

My sense is that being a First Lady is a full-time job, but I'll know more when the time comes.

I live very normally, I go out with my friends, we go to the movies, I queue, we go to restaurants. Then if something happens to remind me that I'm an actress then I become a little different and things become a little heavy.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

I have really never considered myself a TV star. I always thought I was a neighbor who just came in for a visit.

I'm no different from anybody else with two arms, two legs, and forty-two hundred hits.

There will come a day when Anne Heche will be straight again.

No matter how much fame you have, it's not something that belongs to you. If I'm famous, that doesn't belong to me-that belongs to you. If you can't remember who I am, I'm no longer famous.

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

I don't think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I've had has not been a positive experience for me at all.

I think one of the things about Peter Parker that is so great, and what has made him and Spider-Man last so long is he is a kid that we all feel connected to, he's not an alien, he's not a millionaire, he's just this kid that has trouble asking girls out.