Gabriel Jesus Quotes

So I'm sorry, I'm going to continue to talk to the people, because I do believe that if they get to know you and what you are as a human being, they can more appreciate what you are as a performer.

I want my fans to be able to approach me in public and not think that I'm some robot who only exists online.

People see truth in my films. That's what they react to, and that's what they relate to.

If you show you're human and have something to say, people will connect with you.

One thing about America is Americans are real people. So it's like, if they see that you're real, this is real, then they're gonna relate to it.

I treat people and I deal with my fighters and I deal with the fans like a real person. I don't come out and read canned statements written by our lawyers.

I think why people are drawn to me is because I'm very relatable. I don't filter.

I'm trying to maintain a level of realness that my fans can appreciate.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

I hate to toot my own horn but I just feel that I know people and I know fans and I don't feel there is that Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt barrier with me. I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.

What I'm saying is that, unlike a lot of portrayals of me, I'm not hiding behind the sunglasses. I'm out there working. I'm not trying to sell anybody anything, but I do realize we're entertainers.

I think Americans like the practical; they like the human. And I like both those things myself, and I try and put them into my books.

I think there's a danger that we're moving towards a state where the people we are expected to admire are almost not human anymore, and I don't like that. I prefer it when someone looks like a nice person, and you think, 'I could have a laugh with them in the pub.'

And, because there was an honesty about all that was going on. It connected with the people in the street.

I'm just not a private person. It's not like I do things because I want things to be public; it's just that's my way of expressing myself, and I happen to be very famous.

Engaging with the audience lets them know I'm approachable. I don't like that whole, 'You can't talk to Sheila E thing' - I don't like that.

You're creating an intimacy that everybody feels, that it's their experience, not yours. I'll never introduce a song and say, now this song is about 'my' broken heart.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

I'd like people to get a sense of who I am, yet I want to keep my privacy, too.

I also have a different, softer side, and I want for people to hear that.

I've always been open about my life not because my story is unique, but because it isn't.

People follow me because I am just a normal person, and they can relate to me.

Young people want you to be real with them.

What celebrities hope is that people identify not so much that they're particularly special or different, but they identify with them. We represent life in general, the guy who does whatever.

Everything is an open book. I don't speak on other people's hardship, but if it happened in my life or something that has been an experience on my particular journey, I'm going to talk about it. That's what my fan base appreciates the most. I'm universal. You can relate to the things I say or that I go through.