Jane Goodall Quotes

I don't consider myself an icon.

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

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

I hope this doesn't sound pompous but I don't think of myself as famous, whatever fame I've got has come through what I've done and associations of things I've done.

I don't have to be a star - I don't have to be famous.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

I am not an icon.

I don't think I'm that recognizable.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.

I don't know how people recognize me.

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

I am not famous at all.

Am I famous in Japan? I don't know, and I don't really think of myself in that way.

The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you - and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

Everywhere I go, people know who I am.

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

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful.

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

I'm famous. That's my job.

Your lineage and surname become irrelevant after your first film. Audiences do not care.

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

I don't think of myself as a kind of celebrity, but wherever I go, people know me; they greet me.