Dexter Gordon Quotes

I don't think people we'll miss the fact that SDC is way up there and that our profile is high.

Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town.

There are only a few places that I go where people recognize me anyway. I have to be at the right place, in the right city. It's not really that much of an issue.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

Police blog or entertainment news, it's just good to see your name in print.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.

I don't really get recognised very much.

Fame necessarily isn't really tied to success at all. Fame is just being recognized for doing what you do, whether it's good or bad. Osama bin Laden was famous.

Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

If you're not in 'The Washington Post' every day, you might as well not exist.

The Da Vinci Code' was a great experience and I was lucky to be chosen, but I don't like the pressure that goes with all these big things. I don't want to be any more famous at all.

It's such an overused phrase: 'to be part of the conversation.' But it's true. It is nice to be part of the conversation - just be sure they are talking about you in the right way.

I see my real job now as - never mind 'The Office,' 'Extras,' film career, Emmys - I want everyone in the world to know who Karl Pilkington is.

Notoriety is such a prized thing. Society suddenly wants your opinion on things - everyone from your mom to an editor at The New York Times.

It's always good to be known. You want to build your brand up, want to build your name.

Do I want everyone in Australia to know who I am? Absolutely. But the only way I can do that is by winning fights.

Fame, in Trumpian fashion, is war. You are expected to defend your fame; many people want to take it from you.

The more success you have, the more attention and the more spotlight comes to your name.

If your work is really successful, it should attract the audience to you beyond just the premier.

If you play good, then you stay in the newspaper all the time.

If someone out there gets his 15 minutes of glory by using my name, so be it.

The reason I prefer working with established actors and stars is because they are more popular, and the film reaches out to more people and do well in terms of numbers, too.

Anywhere I go - if it's in the country, out of the country - someone is going to know you.

Why am I not a household name in Britain? Why have I not got the recognition I deserve after so long? I think the fact that none of my fights are seen on terrestrial television is significant but, other than that, I don't exactly know. I really don't.

I don't really want to be famous.