John Lithgow Quotes

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

I didn't get into this business for other people to know my name.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

Like, people recognizing me on the street never interested me.

It feels really strange when I walk by newsstands and I don't see any magazines with me in it!

I never assume people are going to recognize me.

I think for any actor to say they don't like attention is ridiculous. Of course we love attention. But getting attention is different than pretending the attention means something.

But I just wonder what it would be like to be able to go places without people recognizing me.

For the most part, people don't know who I am.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

After getting recognized in public from my picture on our pretzel bag, I can understand not wanting to be in the public eye. It has given me a public persona I had always avoided as a child. I do it because it's for a good cause.

It's totally weird to see myself on a billboard!

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

Am I an ego on legs? No I am not. Do I want to be seen out there all the time saying everything? No, I don't.

Everybody wants to be known. Everybody's a Kardashian.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

I'm a private person, but I don't feel afraid to walk out of my door or anything. I get recognised occasionally, but not overwhelmingly so.

I think it's weird seeing myself on the television, but it's great!

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 really don't care if people know who I am or what's said about me.

I remember having to take detours around the Hollywood sign to avoid having to see this grotesque poster of myself on Sunset Boulevard.

Famous is celebrityism, and I don't want that... I know that I'm not that. Everybody knows who you are. I can't imagine living that life, but I don't think I consider myself famous.

I didn't know how to smile for the paparazzi.

I never look at any pictures of myself on the red carpet. I can't do that.