Frank Abagnale Quotes

I don't know how people recognize me.

I often get recognized on the street.

I get stopped all the time on the street. I can't believe how many people watch 'Dexter.'

I can't go anywhere without being recognized.

Yes, I do get recognized in public. It's pretty nice.

I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world.

Just recently I was in Target with my mom shopping, and out of the blue, I see this father and his two daughters and he says, 'Can they get a picture with you?' And I'm thinking to myself, 'Am I the one millionth customer or something?'

People recognize me, call me Ron, and ask me questions. It's really cool and weird as well.

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

The craziest thing is walking down the streets of New York and people recognizing me and asking for my photo. It has been pretty wild. I am used to getting spotted in ski towns, but I never thought it would happen in a place like this.

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually it's because they recognize me, and they say nice things.

I was never about being a celebrity. Maybe when I was very young, but that goes away quickly. I've met almost every famous person I want to meet.

I still remember going to a smart restaurant in Los Angeles, and the maitre d' knew my name and showed me straight to a table even though we hadn't booked. I get stopped for autographs by people from Sweden on the tops of mountains.

Sometimes people think they know you and they go, 'Hey!' and then they realize that they've just seen you on the television. That's kind of funny sometimes.

It's pretty funny, just driving by in a cab, and you see a huge billboard of yourself on the side of a hotel, like a 100-by-100 poster hanging up.

Whether it's just walking down the street to try to go to a movie, go to dinner, something like that, there are always a few people that recognize you.

I am a pretty recognizable, like, I walk through the airport or something, you are going to spot me right away.

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

Obviously, as somebody who is famous, I have a particular responsibility

At my advanced age - I'm now an octogenarian - I'm constantly amazed by the number of people who want to take my picture.

When I'm in New York and L.A., I get recognized a lot more.

Being a known person is pretty much all I've known. I don't remember much of a time when people didn't know who I was.

I go into the local chemist, and I can hear people saying, 'Oh my Gaaahd - it's Lisa Kudrow!' And there's a famous Amanda Foreman, an actress two years older than me, who appears in 'Private Practice'.

He was just Dad. But it's hard to deny who he was when you're brought out on stage, and you're standing beside this great man singing at the end of a show, and the crowd loves him.

In terms of being a famous person, it hasn't changed anything. It's not important for me.