Jackie Shroff Quotes

Lindsay Lohan was the 'It' girl from, like, 14. That's a lot of pressure.

I think what has helped me is that I've never thought of myself as a child star. If you think of yourself like that, you might have problems!

Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with legends that are consuming and all but impossible to live up to.

When you're born into a showbiz family, the deck is stacked against you.

I understand that a lot of girls feel encouraged by what I have been able to do, but I've never felt like I'm a role model. I'm not concerned with building a great legacy or anything because I'll be dead so it won't matter.

Most people would identify with the fact that we tend to be defined by the struggles we came through than by the successes. And certainly for me that's true.

The bigger you get, the more pressure you have to deal with.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

I just feel like I have a lot to prove.

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

Success is never bad in Hollywood. It is what you do with success that will dog you.

I've been hearing this since I first joined the Reds organization, that I'm going to be the next this or that. It's tough on a young player coming up. You show some positive things and everybody jumps on that and says you should be the next Willie Mays.

The two things I've been told most often since my career took off - by taxi drivers, lifelong friends and everyone in between - have been, 'Don't ever change, Margot' and 'You can't do that anymore, Margot.'

Even if you're Bill Gates, you've got problems. I'm sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.

Fame isn't healthy for a writer.

Success can be a very difficult thing to deal with.

The Nobel prize is a fairytale for a week and a nightmare for a year. You can't imagine the pressure to give interviews, to go to book fairs.

Both my parents were huge stars. I would never have attempted to become as big of stars as they were because they lived in a different era.

I have so much to live up to as well as live down.

There is a lot of pressure to top yourself... to come up with a 'Rumours II,' and that seemed like a trap.

In the very early days of Wham! the attention felt great, but I do wonder how much freedom I gave away by trying to become something I wasn't.

The only thing my famous last name got me was a foothold in the industry. That was the easy part. The biggest problem is survival. As Fazil's son, I am expected to know everything - acting, dancing, horse riding... I am not trained in all these, and I don't think I ever will be.

The trouble started when I won the world amateur title in 1980, aged 18. People began talking about me as the next star of the game. But I also started to get recognised more and I wasn't prepared for it.

As much as I want to be like, It's just baseball, I'm just another person,' unfortunately it's not that way.