Francois Arnaud Quotes

I don't need a lot of attention. I'd much rather have the work be famous than the face be famous.

Look, I don't have a Facebook page because I have little interest in hearing myself talk about myself any further than I already do in interviews or putting any more about myself online than there already is. But if I wasn't in this position, I'm sure I would use it every day.

I have never been attracted to increasing my popularity or hireability by being on Instagram.

I think you can overthink dealing with fame. To an extent, you've got to put yourself out there, but I feel like your work should really speak for itself, and I don't feel the need to go and make everyone like me because, to be honest, I'm not looking to be friends with the world. I'd much rather people watch the things that I'm in.

I think that when you're 5'4" and 150 pounds and you love to chat and you have a blog about shopping, trying to maintain a tiny bit of mystery where you possibly can is not a bad thing.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

Wikipedia is kind of weird. I feel it's lame to put up my own page, but I desperately want someone else to do it.

Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

I revel in my anonymity. But when I'm at a specific event and gamers are there, they'll recognise me.

I never, ever worry about anybody recognizing me.

The problem most people make with their media presence is they're trying to craft a media presence as opposed to just consistently publishing who they are.

I'm so fascinated by YouTube culture. I have no idea how it's working, but more and more people are becoming Internet famous, and it is because it allows you to have an atmosphere in which you feel comfortable to be yourself, which you might not get otherwise.

I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless entity; I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Muppets or something like that.

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.

I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.

It feels like Radiohead are famous, but that no one knows who we are. Which is brilliant, really.

I don't do the whole, 'Put my name on it, make me famous' thing.

I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your 'voice' is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices.