William Sanderson Quotes

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.

I miss those days when I could just walk around under the radar and no one really knew who I was until I wanted them to know.

Thank you for making me nouveau riche.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.

I really get a smile that people think they have a right to even suggest how I give my money away. I have no mandate to give a dime to anybody.

Fame is a funny thing. I like doing normal things. I like going to fairs. I like going to ball games. I like going to Disney World or a big field on the Fourth of July and having picnics with friends. The problem is you're either worried you're going to be recognized, or you're thankful you're not. It's always there.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.

You use your money to buy privacy because during most of your life you aren't allowed to be normal.

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my work. But the loss, in terms of privacy and anonymity, is no small thing to me.

I'm not someone who wears shades all the time and ducks into a darkened car in case I'm recognized - that would be absolute misery.

I've been acting for a long time, and I've done a lot of things, and I've been maintaining my anonymity pretty well. I get recognized once a week, at most, here and there, so I'm reluctant to give that up.

I appreciate when people enjoy my work, but I don't like being recognized in public.

I grew up not really having anything, so the idea that I can take care of my family and my friends now is a really cool bonus.

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

So many people supported me through my public life and I will never forget them.

I'm way bigger than people think I am. I'm way bigger. I've been underrated all my life, and that's fine. I have privacy. I can walk the street without being hassled. I can be a regular guy. The price to give that up is so horrible. When you become a part of the hysteria - it's not completely in my hands - you have to hide.

The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.

The best way to keep loyalty in a man's heart is to keep money in his purse.

Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You prefer to be anonymous.

What makes it all worth-while is what I've been able to do for my parents. They were poor and worked all their lives. Like all boys in London, I dreamed of winning the football pool and doing for them. Well, this is better than any football pool. Now they don't have to work. I've given them a nice home and a car. It's a good feeling.

As a cricketer you can go under the radar. It's not like we're footballers who get papped everywhere. I can go down to the corner shop without getting hassled.