Ralph Macchio Quotes

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling.

You don't have to have an attitude if you're famous.

I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.

When people say I've become a star, it takes time to sink in.

Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

I value fame as much as if I had been born a Hero.

What’s the difference between and actor and a movie star. An actor is someone who pretends to be somebody else. A movie star is somebody who pretends that somebody else is them.

People talk about this Julia Roberts almost like it's a cup of Pepsi. People think Julia Roberts is something they created. The fact is, 26 years ago, there was this scrunched-up little pink baby named Julia Roberts. I am a girl, like anybody else.

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

It's funny how you call me a celebrity. Oh man.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

Ninety-nine percent of people now call me The Hoff - and it's out of respect.

I want people to look at a checkerboard and think of me!

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

I'm passionate about being an actor, but I'm definitely not passionate about being a sex symbol.

People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

You know, rock stardom... I have a hard time discussing that because I don't really accept it. It's not really that tangible. What's really bizarre is how it's used as a thing - you know, 'He's the rock star of politics,' 'He's the rock star of quarterbacks' - like it's the greatest thing in the world.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

I am classified as an idol in Hong Kong and in Asia.

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.