Virginia Madsen Quotes

There are a lot of people who would laugh at the idea of me being a good singer.

I've never been a jealous person, and I've never felt built up by someone else's failure - that's a cheap thrill.

Oh, you wouldn't want to hear me sing.

People say to me, 'You're a genius; you're great.' I don't know if I'll ever feel that way about myself. Some things, I feel like, are better left for other people to say, and I'm just not into, like, tooting my own horn or bragging or anything.

I find it hard to believe when people tell me I inspired them in any kind of way because I think to myself, 'well, why?' It's just me - not Madonna.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

To be an entertainer, you gotta be a little gutsy, a little egotistical, so you have to pull back sometimes when people say, 'Well, he's stuck-up.' 'Stuck-up' is only another word for self-conscious.

Pride, which inspires us with so much envy, is sometimes of use toward the moderating of it too.

Some individuals relish the fact that they are not drawing attention and can quietly go about their game while others want to show off.

It's not me to toot my horn. The minute you toot your horn, it seems like society will try and disconnect your battery. And if you do not toot your horn, they'll try their darnedest to give you a horn to toot, or say that you should have a horn.

It's so rare, actors who are not vain.

On the microphone, I'm not scared to step up and say, 'This is my ability, this is how good I am.' In other areas of life, I'm not so confident; I'm still adjusting to the photo shoots, all that stuff. But behind the mic, I'm fully confident.

It is always positive when you get a lot of praise, but you should handle it the right way.

I don't regard myself as an entertainer. I don't think that's where my talents lie. It always feels a bit uncomfortable.

I am not saying I don't think I'm good, but I'm not the type of player to have an ego or big myself up.

I'm never the best singer in the world.

I have so much respect for the big opera singers that I never dare to say I'm a singer.

I don't have a need to promote myself.

I had some moments in my career where I'd walk on the court, and I look around and feel, 'Oh, I'm the best one out here.' But then you go on another court, and you could be the worst player out there.

If you start having to tell people you're cool, you're not.

Everybody wants to be me. What can I say?

I hate publicity. The only publicity must be through my work. I can only talk about myself in relation to work. I know about work - but I don't know about me.

There's a bit of a reluctance on my part to promote myself as any kind of hero because the things I've had to overcome in my life are not the deepest, darkest things.

I couldn't sing like Mick Jagger, not that I wanted to.

I don't like selling myself. It's a sort of shy arrogance.