Carine Roitfeld Quotes

I am not aware I am an icon.

I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.

I see myself not only as a football player, but an entertainer and icon.

Yeah, my parents help me keep my feet on the ground.

I don't go, 'I'm in the papers all the time,' because there are loads of people in the papers all the time. Sometimes I'm still like, 'Ooh, look- there's me!' I'm never like, 'Wow, look at me on the bus.' You have to be a bit grounded about things like that.

My mum will ensure my feet stay firmly on the ground.

I have three other siblings, so it's all very equal - even when I get a little cocky, which I usually do. My brother keeps me in a headlock. He says that I'm not a celebrity in this house. I think I'm really chilled out and grounded.

I don't see myself as someone you should look up to.

I don't think I'm in any way an icon, to be very honest.

I'm not a hero or a superstar. I'm an everyday guy. I feel happy when children approach me. I feel that something good is happening in life when little kids recognise me.

I was blessed, because I come from a family where they knock you down before you float away. I have a lot of brothers who just make sure we have our feet on the ground, and my mom is a rock star. She is an amazing mother.

If people are like, 'Oh, you're an icon,' then whatever. But who thinks of themselves like that? It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall.

I never intended to be in show business; I intended to be an extremely grounded person.

It's a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they're larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that's not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.

I want to be Gwyneth Paltrow when I grow up! She's been able to have such a great career, such a great family and she stays so humble and so real.

Not to rag on myself, but when people say, 'What does it feel like to be an icon?' I'm like, 'My dog does not think I'm an icon, my cat does not think I am an icon, my cousin does not think I am an icon.' I have a really lovely group of friends, and I just don't think about it.

I am down-to-earth and not one of those starry, up-their-own-butt celebrities.

I fully credit my family for keeping me grounded and for putting me back in line whenever necessary.

We've stayed really normal and down to Earth I think, and haven't let the success thing go to our head.

People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

I have a very down-to-earth father. My wife is an actress and famous herself is more down-to-earth than anyone I know.

I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.

I will take a back seat when I know my fame is dipping. I'm not delusional.

I've had times when I've done what seems like a thousand interviews to promote a film that I'm in. I start to think that I'm the best thing that ever happened to the world, talkin' about myself for cryin' out loud. Then I come home, and my wife needs me to help with dinner and empty the garbage, and the kids need help with their homework.

I'm very down-to-earth and accessible, I think.