Martin McDonagh Quotes

It's hard to bury your head in Los Angeles. People come up to you and say, 'Hey, I saw your picture on a bus.' It's tricky: You're excited by the possibilities, but you don't want to get too crazy.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

I've got no desire to be famous myself.

The thing about going back to El Paso, it's overwhelming sometimes. I look at the support that I get and the success that I've had, and I can't walk anywhere without being spotted. My hair might be the biggest crime in this situation.

I don't really like... fame in general.

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

You're never quite prepared for the inundation of stardom, or whatever you want to call it.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock, to be on people's radar a little.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

People are looking for fame or a focus, and I can't provide that.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable.

I try not to focus on fame; I don't even really know what it means exactly because it's so fleeting.

Everybody seems to know me. It's very strange.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.

There are stars out there who would die to have this much exposure.

I've always had a lot of ambivalence about fame and celebrity.

East Hampton happens to have been the first place in the world where I was a star, a real star with a star pasted above my name on the dressing-room door.

I never wanted to be a star.

I feel like fame is wasted on me.

Fame obviously has become a premium in everybody's life. Everybody thinks they deserve it, everybody thinks they want it and most people really don't enjoy it once they get it.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to.