Sam Heughan Quotes

People approach you in a different way when you're a celebrity - some are nice, some are not nice.

Actors enjoy being treated as ordinary people.

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

When I talk about celebrities, it's not a dismantling of that human being.

I don't like being a celebrity.

I don't want to be the actor who's followed by paparazzi, you know? I would like to just do good work and have that work be respected and acknowledged.

I don't conduct myself like a rock 'n' roll star in my day-to-day living. Am I a celebrity? Yes. Do people recognize me on the street? Yes, they do. But at the same time, it's not a media center out here. People get used to you.

You see Justin Bieber and Robert Pattinson, what they go through, and dude, that's not as exciting as it looks.

The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

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

I don't wanna hear nobody complain that they're getting paid all this money and people won't leave them alone. It's part of it.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.

Thank God I've never had the sort of intense fame that means you can't walk up the road. That sort of blazing stardom must be difficult to cope with and maintain; my career has just bubbled along happily.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

Actually, I find it embarrassing being a pop star. I prefer it when people just treat me like anybody else, although occasionally there is a side of me, which is indulgent and I expect certain things because of my position. It's one of the perks.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn't want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

Celebrity is very weird.

I feel like when you're a celebrity, people dehumanize you and they forget you're a real person.

Even a modicum of celebrity is hard to deal with. You see it with actors and directors all the time.

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.