Emily Dickinson Quotes

I'm a good example of someone who can come to Hollywood and keep their feet on the ground with all the rock stars, all the drama that goes with being here. It's still important to pump your own gas and to be able to vacuum.

I haven't left the house without a packet of Kleenex in my back pocket for as long as I can remember. Whenever I start thinking I'm incredibly cool, the packet of Kleenex in my back pocket brings me right back down to earth.

I'm not someone who is glamorous all the time.

I certainly don't have any airs about myself.

My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.

I'm quite proud of some of the films I've done, but less for the acting than for the fact that they're unpretentious and entertaining. I'm proud of having made unpretentious choices.

Someone once told me that something they really liked about me was that they thought that I was really down to earth and not high-maintenance. I think that was cool. It's important to stay grounded.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

I know me, and I know that I'm not somebody that particularly merits a lot of screaming and shouting. And there's nothing special about me as opposed to hundreds of thousands of other people everywhere.

I'm not starry eyed, and I'm not money crazy.

I've never taken myself too seriously, I'm not into that.

I'm quite grounded.

Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.

I'm not a philosopher, I'm just a simple boy from East Ham.

I guess I'm quite practical. Or at least like to think I am.

I don't take myself that seriously. I'm a pragmatist.

I never want to forget that I'm not anything special.

I never want to be one of those artists who feels untouchable and extraordinary. I have to be genuine.

I will always keep my feet on the ground.

I'm a simple man and success doesn't go to my head.

I'm not a glamorous girl.

My mum will ensure my feet stay firmly on the ground.

I consider myself an ordinary person.

I don't look at myself and think I'm that special.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.