Pedro Martinez Quotes

In the beginning, the media was calling me a bad boy all the time because of the way I act and feel onstage. None of them have ever taken the time to get to know me when I climb offstage.

I don't think I'm portrayed in the media the way I really am - but then who is?

Even today I meet people who think of me automatically as a tough, insensitive, coarse guy named Stanley Kowalski. They can't help it, but, it is troubling.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

Some of the fans look at me as a villain or not a nice guy for some reason. I don't feel like that's the case, personally.

I found it hugely insulting that people believed I'd go so far out of my way - living with Playmates, vacationing with actresses, showing up at nightclubs - to act out a lifestyle that would amount to a charade. If I was gay, I'd be gay all the way.

Some fans understand who I am and why I do things, and then there are some fans that have formed an opinion that I don't feel is who I am.

I understand people have preconceived notions of who I am or what I do. But I do find it a bit bizarre that people find it bizarre that I've grown up.

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.

A person's portrayal on TV isn't always how someone is.

In credits, I'm 'Michael' sometimes now, but people know you as something, so there's no point fighting it. 'Squiggle,' you'll always be 'Prince,' and 'The Rock,' just accept it. I want to move on, but not that much. So I'm still known as 'Johnny Vegas.'

It's hard to be someone that people talk about and write about, you know? They don't know me.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

People think they know who I am, because I've played so many very, very out gay men on stage, and they think that's me.

I think I'm pretty misunderstood, because I'm not just about football.

It's funny: people who meet me say, 'I thought you'd be different.' But I'm still the same guy.

The critics had an image of me, and they wouldn't accept any other... I was a cartoon character. A joke.

There's a difference between the parts that I play and who I am and who people think I am. There's quite a big discrepancy sometimes between those things.

I just think that the whole diva thing is a misrepresentation of who I am.

I just want to be known for things other than my sexuality.

People often expect me to be very serious, but it's not like my record company told me not to smile in photographs, because I was like that anyway.

I think for such a long time people had this misconception of who I was and what I was about.

A lot of people may know my face and know that I'm a good player on the football field, but they probably don't really know me as a person.

I was never OJ's closest pal, and the media would say that over and over, but I wasn't his enemy either.

I've pretty much been portrayed as every style thing you can be. After Wimbledon you are Andy Everyman, who everybody is rooting for. I think the meat and potatoes of who I am hasn't been covered yet.