Anne Lamott Quotes

I want my fan base to increase.

We'll play somewhere like London, playing to 2,000 people easy, and every time you play with more people, you think, 'You're a rock star,' and it makes you laugh. I guess I am, but I'm also, you know, not.

If I want to tell a story to 10 people, I don't need a star. If I want to tell it to 10,000 people, the best case scenario is you get an actor and a star.

Maybe I'm not as big a star as Bruce Springsteen because I'm not as good. I don't know. It doesn't matter. I still have an audience of a certain size. I think it's one of the things I'm luckiest.

Would I rather be on 'Saturday Night Live' or Snapchat? I'd rather be on 'Saturday Night Live.'

On stage, you rehearse for five weeks, and it goes out to 300 people. In 'EastEnders,' you get ten minutes to rehearse, and seven million people watch it!

As a baseball player, you know the commodity you're selling, but with acting, you wonder, 'What the hell am I doing that is so hot?'

The best part about reality shows is that they make you a well known name.

I want to be famous.

The coolest thing for me is that I've been blessed with a nice following. The people that come to see me are fans, and that happens in Vegas, too.

I would like to be remembered as someone who came out there and tried to entertain.

I didn't become an actor to become a celebrity.

The biggest things I have are the platform that I have and influence.

I'm like a famous person to some people, not to everybody. I want to be big.

The main thing about the Globe is there's 700 people all standing right in front of you.

I want to be read. When you write a TV show like 'The Wire,' you've got three to four million readers watching your work. Even Grisham doesn't sell that many books.

As actors, we want more people to love and appreciate us. We want more fans.

Deep down, I want to be a big rapper. I want people to love what I'm doing.

I go where the fans want me.

I don't have a goal of playing in front of 10,000 people or 100,000 people, it's about seeing the journey and the progress. Like how each show, you have 200 more fans or 400 more fans. It's just fun.

After our life history was shown on the silver screen and much appreciated by the audiences, I have more of a responsibility on my shoulders now.

I didn't always know that I want to be an actor, but I always knew I wanted to be famous in anything that I do.

I was never really like, 'Oh, I wanna be famous,' you know, 'I wanna be a big rapper.' I mean, I love rap, but it wasn't just fame.

I really focus on giving the viewers compelling television, and hope that more and more people watch.

The more the audience and the society trusts an actor, the more the responsibility increases for the actor.