Channing Tatum Quotes

The only time it's ever like work is when you don't like what you've done. I'm very lucky in that I haven't cultivated fame. Which, from what I've seen of my contemporaries, takes an enormous amount of time. I have a lot of respect for people that do it and they're successful at it ... Especially people that aren't such talented actors.

We think accolades are nice, awards are great, but we make music for the people.

The reason I keep acting is that it fuels some kind of passion in me, but the day that those butterflies stop, is the day that I'm gonna quit because I could care less about the magazines or being famous or the money or the awards.

Fame is a thing that happens when you do something you love - nobody wants to be famous for the wrong reasons. It's not my goal, but if being more famous means I can get more music out, that's cool.

I never had huge amounts of money when I was young. I had huge amounts of fame, and I always had the sense of labor and recompense. I always said I don't want to work for pay, but I want to get paid for my song.

I do not understand the pleasure of being so famous. I just don't get it. I love acting and doing the work. That's what it's all about for me.

Every creativity has a motive. Either one does it for money, for fame, or for passion. My energies go out for passion.

I'm incredibly ambitious, but I feel I've got a fantastic career, and I love the anonymity. I love that no one knows who I am.

Success for some people, depends on becoming well-known, for others it depends on never being found out.

All the most successful people nowadays who are truly successful and innovative in their field are not people motivated by money.

I am just really focused in on what I love doing, but I would be a moron to not take some of my natural talent - I'm not saying I'm that talented, but I have enough acting and writing talent to go.

Poet's food is love and fame.

When I started off in music, I started with a real innocence, a real love for the instrument, the writing the songs, the playing the songs and the sharing and the recording and experimenting. It was exciting. Then, this thing called success came, and something happened at some point where I became disenchanted, and I lost the innocence.

I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus.

I got into this business because I like acting and I want to make movies. I would be happy living the rest of my life never famous.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

I discovered that I act because I really love to act. I don't act because maybe it will get me a magazine cover or that I can get on a talk show.

I never dreamed of dancing on television or anything like that. It's more of things that come along that excite me and inspire me.

Passion for fame: A passion which is the instinct of all great souls.

Passion is the thing that sustains you in acting. If you're doing it for fame and money, don't even bother because it will never happen. The last thing I ever expected was to be paid for this.

You always have in the back of your mind that would be cool if you get recognized. But you can't concentrate on any of those things. You've got to just keep playing and doing your music and the rest is just a bonus.

I'm sure if you dig deep, Joe and Ralph Fiennes do it because they want to be noticed.

The fame and the money and all that stuff that comes along with it is all great, but that's not the sole purpose of why I make music.

I think the fantasy of being a movie star is more powerful than the reality. So, for me, even if it's not a great film or a great play I'm doing, to know that you went for it. You had an experience that made you grow artistically and personally. What's really satisfying is knowing that you did a good job.

I've got something to live for, because I always wanted to be an artist; I always wanted to be famous.