Joseph Fiennes Quotes

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

It's not that I don't want to be famous. It's just that I don't feel like the burden of responsibility on selling a film should be on the actors.

I don't think a lot of people know personally who I am.

I think 'The Color of Money' was very instrumental in opening up other opportunities. People started to recognize me as an artist after that film. And then, after I did 'Bird,' it was more solidified.

If you're a cheerleader, people see you. If you're a mascot, you're just helping out.

I think my family sees me playing a pastor on TV and thinks that's a way of saying I have the calling, too.

I'm not concerned with people seeing me in a certain way. Some people see me as a kid, some people see me as an adult. But I'm seriously not going to complain how anybody sees me, as long as they see me.

I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out to be.

There are endless possibilities for what I can wear on and off the court.

It's important to be seen in different films and banners.

I know, for myself, I have a very distinct style, and I know what I like, and I know what I don't like. But it has been a process of learning how to cater to the different events that happen with Hollywood and how you might want to dress for red carpet and what things photograph well.

It's kind of stupid that people think I'm just partying all the time.

You may or may not believe me, but in my personal life, I don't enjoy revealing outfits.

I want to show people how I really am. Most people are only familiar with some of the headlines.

I think it's a huge a opportunity for me, because I am part of a film that has stars like Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor and Bobby Deol. It will grab eyeballs and I will get noticed, too. I hope 'Race 3' opens more doors for me.

I always try to pick up interesting scripts, and thankfully, I have been lucky to get scripts like 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama,' 'Akash Vaani', and 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.'

Not only was I really, really depressed when I was not out to the world, but I just finished my NBC series, and I didn't think it was right to come out during that when I was playing a male character.

They want to portray me as crazy, unhinged, unbalanced. OK, good, fine.

Such a big part of acting is getting your face out there and getting recognized.

Nobody ever thought of me as dumb. They always knew me as cerebral, a thinking person. Educated and so on. But I was always given glamorous roles.

I have been lucky to have got big offers like 'Kalyug,' 'Traffic Signal' or 'Dhol.'

I don't see myself being perceived as a Bollywood star and I wouldn't want to be that either.

I feel you need a big film to be seen but then, you also need to do something where you get to perform. Only then the industry notices you and gives you more chances with different kind of roles.

Before 'Ghulam,' there was 'Fareb,' which was successful, too. Yes, 'Ghulam' won me recognition. I didn't change in any way. What did change was people's perception of me.

It's weird to be called a celebrity or talk about it. I don't talk about being a celebrity in my business meetings. I don't talk about it with my friends. It's not a part of my life. It's a media perception of who I am.