Paul Haggis Quotes

I want to be part of a different kind of celebrity, one that thinks not just about charity but policy.

It's one of the things about being a person with a public presence, to get to lend your name to a worthy cause.

What is the use in being a celebrity if you can't use the platform to help?

I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.

I don't need to be asking for money for local museums and other projects just to make me look good back home.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have an impact.

I don't think you should necessarily listen to a celebrity just because he is one. But if you can marshal your celebrity and really steep yourself in whatever issue you're trying to promote, it can actually move the ball forward, and we've done that.

I don't do the media because of 'Woo-woo, Julia Butterfly,' as I call it. I'm not into promoting me. I'm into talking about why I've done what I've done, why I continue to do this work and why other people should care.

In every school, community center, city hall, and state capitol, there are women who are making their voices heard and standing up for the people they serve - women who aren't just demanding change but finding ways to create it. They are making an impact, and along the way, they're inspiring others to do the same.

For me, the passions and issues I care so much about are ones that lend themselves to work whether you're in government or outside of government.

Part of our job as quote-unquote 'celebrities' is that we can gather people around things that are important. I think it should be a requisite - there should be a clause in the contract that you have to give back.

It's about being a voice in the community. There's so many ways to be a voice, and that's what I'm figuring out.

Passion helps you in protecting the community, and public service will follow it. That has been my career. It is the passion that drives me to do what I do every day.

People don't really understand how important our voices are. I think there's a lot of athletes that don't use their power that really should.

People pay attention to artists and celebrities, so they have the opportunity to do something great with this limelight. I, for one, have no problem with Kanye running for president, because if it's something that he truly believes in and it can lead to greater good, why not? I'm all for that.

Being a voice for my community is something that I don't take lightly.

I want to use my celebrity for good.

To be known as an actor is to be known for your role and lines. But the country knows me for the stance I have taken, for the villages I have adopted, the social work I do, the comfort zone I have left.

As an athlete, there are limits to my ability to reach out, a platform that politics can offer.

We are ambassadors. We are leaders of our own brands, and then in life things are thrown at you, you have to stand up for what's right. That brings on a whole new role. It's not on the front of the agenda that you see, but if you read the fine print it's part of becoming an athlete and the pedestal you get with that.

Celebrity is a weird appendage, which is useless unless you do something with it.

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important.

One of the things you learn being in the public eye is that you have the ability to raise awareness about serious issues, and, in the process, really help people.