Robert Lacey Quotes

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

I don’t understand why Jackie O[nassis] thinks she’s so grand that she doesn’t owe it to the public to have another great marriage to somebody big. You’d think she’d want to scheme and connive to get into history again.

I allow the public to believe that I have more influence with the King than I do in reality.

To be an icon... I guess that's a privilege.

I think politicians and movie actors … are similar in more ways than they’re different. There is an egocentric quality about both; there is a very sensitive awareness of the public attitude, because you live or die on public favor or disfavor. There is the desire for publicity and for acclaim, because, again, that’s part of your life... And in a strange and bizarre way, when movie actors come to Washington, they’re absolutely fascinated by the politicians. And when the politicians go to Hollywood, they’re absolutely fascinated by the movie stars. It’s a kind of reciprocity of affection by people who both recognize in a sense they’re in the same racket.

…property in fact generally confers power, though the possessor of it may not have much more wit than a mole or a mugwash…

The most frivolous disaster which could befall himself would occasion a more real disturbance. If he was to lose his little finger to-morrow, he would not sleep to-night; but, provided he never saw them, he will snore with the most profound security over the ruin of a hundred millions of his brethren, and the destruction of that immense multitude seems plainly an object less interesting to him, than this paltry misfortune of his own.

Labor, in fact, to Spanish pride, was the badge of inferiority, to be escaped in every possible way. It is the general complaint of the publicists of the seventeenth century that every one sought to gain a livelihood in the public service or in the Church, and no one to earn it by honest work.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

Never trust anyone without a vested interest.

I won't share everything, both in my act or in interviews. Some of the people who become the most famous are the most self-revelatory, and I'm like, 'No, it's just not worth it to me.'

When you are in the public eye, you have to protect yourself. There are so many people judging you. I just try to be myself.

I think one of the greatest advantages we had on the show growing up was being exposed to Mr. Cosby - being exposed to his work ethic, being exposed to how he handles the job of celebrity and living in the public eye... I think that all had a real significant impact.

It's good to be on the power list, but I don't see a practical use of it except when people introduce me to audiences.

When you have celebrity, it's a whole different thing than being an artist.

In general, when you have success on the field, you're more popular, and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more, and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say.

I try to keep my private life private and the acting stuff separate.

Kanye is so much fun. He's a wonderful person. What I love about Kim and Kanye is that I think they save their happy moments and their smiles for themselves rather than sharing everything with the public. And listen, when a camera is shoved in your face trying to take a selfie, you do not want to smile.

I never really endeavored to hide anything. But there were times I chose not to relegate my history to the back page of a magazine, which to me is sort of akin to putting your biography on a bathroom wall.

It is the public which turns a raja into ''rank'' and a hero into a zero.

Some people in the public eye are hardline, like, 'We don't share anything about ourselves.' And that's fine.

I don't bite the hand that feeds me. I'm a little smarter than that.

There is always a reason behind things that are made, and if there isn't, there will be one when they travel through the world. The objects of beauty are used to impress, seduce, overwhelm, make money, support identities, and show power or style, among other things.

I don't get insecure and rush to sign movies just to be in the public view and news. That is not the way I am.