Alex O'Loughlin Quotes

I get recognized everywhere I go now, which is kind of overwhelming but really exciting and sweet.

Every place I go, Im recognied, and its pretty hard to just sit by yourself.

I've received a lot of compliments. People come right up to me on the street. They recognize me.

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.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

Famous-ness is awesomeness... but some parts of famous-ness can be hard.

When I'm at home, I want to be a normal person. I don't want to hear, 'Can I have your autograph?'

Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of privacy and invasion.

It's a very complicated issue, this fame thing - I was not really cut out for it. There are some really fantastic things about it, but it's difficult for a private person like myself.

People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.

Anybody who instantly goes from being a poet and a graduate student to being a public figure has to be in a state of shock. First people want to praise you, and then they want to attack you. No one can prepare you for it.

I'm not interested in the limelight.

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

I'm followed everywhere - it has become normal for me.

I've noticed being back in football that, after some anonymity, people recognise you again. It's a pain in the neck.

No longer are the days where I just kind of fly under the radar. Everybody's recognizing me. Everybody wants pictures. They feel inspired. It's very cool.

Most of the time, I'm pleased that people don't recognize me. But I don't hate it when they do.

I don't ever want to be famous. I never want to live that life. I genuinely hate the fact that I would be stopped for a picture or an autograph all the time.

If there are people who admire us and what we do, that's a huge compliment. As long as it doesn't get too crazy.

I don't consider a lot of actors that I really admire movie stars.

I don't like being a celebrity.

I enjoy being recognized. I'll be very sad if people stop recognizing me. I'll be very sad if I'm not interviewed, because that's a very amazing process.

A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.

I won't look online. The whole fan thing makes me self-conscious, which is not to say I don't appreciate it or understand it. If Mickey Mantle were around, I'm sure I'd have a ton of questions to ask him that might make him uncomfortable. I get it. That doesn't mean it's not really awkward.

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.