Dwayne Johnson Quotes

I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

Everyone in show business has had the experience of the fan who is so excited at recognizing their favorite star, they say, 'Oh my gosh, you're my biggest fan!'

It's just cool to me that Bon Jovi knows my name!

When people come up to me and ask for my autograph and everything... I find it funny that people want my autograph.

Before 'Twilight,' occasionally I would get the 'Hey are you that girl from that movie?' but no one knew my first and last name. The fans of the saga are amazing, and it's very flattering.

When I was younger, I actually wanted to be in the spotlight. To have people want me, want to have a piece of me.

To be honest with you, girls didn't really start paying attention to me until after 'Clueless' came out. Then, all of a sudden, it was different. And that's the honest-to-goodness truth. I wasn't very popular until that happened. I have zero pickup lines. My game, I guess you could say, is my work.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name.

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

I was in 'Harry Potter,' and nobody on the street recognizes me from that. Nobody on the street has ever stopped me from 'Harry Potter!'

It's very hard to behave naturally when you know people recognise you. On the other hand, I still sometimes get upgraded in hotels because someone used to like me back in the day, which is still pretty amazing.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

Every once in a while, there's somebody who will recognize me and want a picture, which is cool; it's flattering.

I want to be an icon.

If I'm a star, then the people made me a star.

The kids all knew me from Wayne's World. The grown-ups knew me after True Lies.

It was very weird because for a long time no one really recognised me from my films, but 'The Hobbit' has totally changed that, and I've had some really special moments, especially with youngsters.

The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'

That is what fame is, isn't it? To get the world to fall in love with you.

Everywhere I go in the world, people know me and recognise me and really show affection for me.

It is difficult to be famous and that successful where you can't even walk down the street without people chasing you, and having people build monuments to you and worshiping you - all that stuff - but I never took that to a place where I believed it. I saw it as being temporary and a phase.

I got a little bit used to people stopping me in the street with 'V,' at least in America. Not that I think you ever really get used to it. It will always be a shock to be recognised for anything.

Oh, it's fun to be an icon!