MC Hammer Quotes

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

When I'm not doing the show, and the work has stopped, I walk into a restaurant and I'm shy; yet, when I'm in the show, when people come up with their phones and want to take my picture, I can handle it because it's almost like I'm wearing an armour.

My whole life is about being Nicki Minaj now. It's a never-ending saga.

Well, when you get into the business, what you have to realize is that signing autographs and getting 'bothered' is just part of the deal. It's not a bother to me at all. That's part of being an actor and that's something you have to realize before you ever get into this business.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.

I remember walking out in front of that crowd, all the parents' faces and the applause, and folding my little self in half and thinking, 'I could get used to this.' And I just never stopped.

You know I was a shy guy and people didn't know that and still don't know it today. I'm sure basketball brought my shyness out because of the fact that you have to do interviews, and that people are always talking to you in terms of the fans and everything.

I'm very expressive, but I'm also a very private person. It is so hard to be private in the entertainment business.

Sometimes in golf I've got 10,000 people watching me. Cameras are easy. Doing the Jay Leno show was easy.

I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

I love being an entertainer - not really fond of being a celebrity.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

I love what I do for a living, but the other side, that aspect of being famous or a celebrity's got zero interest to me.

Now, when you've been in the band for three years, you get used to the position, in a sense. I don't think about it every day like, 'Oh my God, I'm the singer of Nightwish!'

I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a fan of all the attention and the media, stuff like that, but I understand it's part of it, and I have to do it.

I don't really think about the fact that a lot of people are watching 'DSDS' or about the way I should phrase my sentences.

When I'm on tour, people see me in one way, but in normal life I doubt people even recognize me.

If you will forever remember me as the girl from 'America's Got Talent,' that's cool, 'cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I've done recently, that's cool, too.

Being in front of the cameras is not my favorite thing to do. But it's a good problem to have.

I'm in front of cameras a lot; I'm used to it.

I think 'American Idol' has prepared me for anything.

I have been working as an actor for 16-17 years now. The funny thing is I still feel awkward in communicating with the public as a star. It hasn't been long since my drama 'Goblin' ended, and I'm looking forward for some time to rest.

there were times when I was more at home in front of millions of people than I was at home.