Channing Tatum Quotes

You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday.

'It Girl' is supposed to be something that only lasts a certain amount of time. They keep calling me an 'It Girl,' and at this point it makes me laugh, because I've done that so many times: 'You're it;' 'You're not it.' What is 'it?'

Honestly, working with Eddie Murphy was mind-blowing just in terms of the budget alone. To see the respect he commands, to witness his presence, you understand why he and people like Martin Lawrence are stars.

I'm always so amazed by which performances work really, really well and which ones don't. But I think it's just mostly, 'She's Out Of My League,' so many people saw that movie on DVD and on the plane. Just millions of people saw that movie. That's the reason I'm somewhat famous.

One U.S. hit single and a hit T Shirt in 1985 does not a celebrity make.

I'd say specifically after 'Get Smart,' people now know me either as The Guy from 'Get Smart' or 'She's Out of My League.' When that came out on DVD, everyone was recognizing me from that.

It's hard to be a celebrity nowadays. It's not about your track record anymore. If you have a great movie, you're good. If not, people are ready to write you off. I think the only ones who are really winning are people like Will Smith. People go, 'Oh, it's Will Smith. I've got to see him, whatever he's in.'

I made enough money to buy a house. That's crazy, but fame proved ephemeral.

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before.

Some people can only be happy being a star. What happens if and when the work dries up?

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'

I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it.

When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in public adoration or your press clippings. By the time I was 26, I'd heard crowds of 100,000 scream my name, but a week later they couldn't remember who I was. You're a hero today and a bum tomorrow - hero to zero, I sometimes say.

The real big stars only keep this up for about seven years.

The ultimate dream is a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

I'm the flavor of the month.

Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.

It's nice to be known for a pretty great movie.

There's a sense most notably with my movies that for people to turn up, and make them big, you have to have a celebrity status. But it's not a choice I've made. It comes to you.

Anybody whose film becomes a hit is a superstar. Today there is somebody, and tomorrow there will be somebody else. No single woman or man has a monopoly for all time.

I don't believe in stardom; it is like a relationship. Today it is with you, tomorrow it might go to someone else.

I'm a recognisable actor, but I'm not a bankable actor.

People tell me all the time that my 15 minutes are up.