Donovan Quotes

I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife Madonna. That's even why I married her.

I don't feel that I was a Hollywood-created star.

There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me.

When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

Becoming famous is a strange thing in your own right.

People still recognize me on the street. 'Are you really Corky?'

If it were just a dream to be famous, then I probably would have died a really quick death, because there is nothing about me that equals fame. I'm not a standup comedian. I don't sing.

I see that people now recognize me in the street. But it doesn't change me in the depth of my being.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

I am not aware I am an icon.

I think MTV is so iconic that for them to notice me, little ol' me, was very, very exciting.

I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.

'Famous' is a very weird word. I feel like - I feel like that's definitely not me.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.

Some people can handle fame, some can't.

I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.

I don't think anyone can tell you what it is that makes you a star.

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

You know, I've just about got used to the fact that people in Britain know who I am on some level, but the notion that there's any kind of international recognition is still slightly bizarre to me.

Let's face it I am not Joan Collins or Boy George.

Elvis transcends his talent to the point of dispensing with it altogether.