Rick Astley Quotes

I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.

People who have no idea it's me when they first see me playing something, and later they realize, 'That's her from whatever it is,' it's a great compliment that they can forget.

Fame is a very confusing thing, because you are recognized by a lot of people that you've never seen before, and they're at a great advantage.

I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.

I never really enjoyed the fame stuff.

Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.

Anytime anybody impersonates you, it's a great compliment.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.

I love attention.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

I don't think I'd ever be able to give up the spotlight.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

I quite like being mobbed. After all, it is extremely nice to be recognised. That's what acting is all about - being recognised.

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

And then, all of a sudden, you're like, all that's great and fun, but Arthur Miller's in my dressing room. This is the third night he's been here and he sits in my dressing room for an hour after each show, and talks to me for an hour. So I'm pretty spoiled right now.

I get recognized a lot now. It's great.

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me.

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

I didn't want to be a performer. I didn't want to be famous.

I really don't have that much interest in stardom.

It is a great compliment to go out and be recognized. Although, because I basically go home and go to work, there isn't much opportunity for that kind of thing to happen.