Carl Honore Quotes

The more you stay in this kind of job, the more you realize that a public figure, a major public figure, is a lonely man.

I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

And no, having the hits is just more work.

Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

I had no desire to be a star and a star's responsibility.

Fame is a magnifying glass

I think stardom means a big responsibility that one has to shoulder.

It's difficult, because when you're a popular singer who makes money, you're basically a race horse. And that's how you're treated by the people around you.

People win 'Oscars', and then it seems like they fall off the planet. And that's partly because a huge expectation walks in the room and sits right down on top of your head.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

Fame is a silly business. People who chase it are almost always going to be disappointed.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

Before 'Gremlins,' I was a normal person, then within two weeks of the movie coming out, I couldn't walk into a store without people turning around and staring. It's exciting and also scary because everyone starts telling you how amazing you are.

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

I used to hear people say nobody can prepare you for fame, and it's actually very true. But there is such beauty that comes with it when you're able to use your platform in a positive way.

A movie star is someone people look at and go, 'I want to be like that person'. There's the responsibility of desire. It's not something I'm interested in trying. I would fail miserably at it, so why even bother?

Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

Stardom is just an uneasy seat on top of a tricky toboggan. Being a star is merely perching at the head of the downgrade. A competent featured player can last a lifetime. A star, a year or two. There's all that agony of finding suitable stories, keeping in character, maintaining illusion.

Walking into a show when I was 16, at that time when it was the No. 1 hit show, and replacing a character comes with so many expectations. I felt a lot of pressure with that.