Damian Lewis Quotes

It takes very little fire to make a great deal of smoke nowadays, and notoriety is not real glory.

In the opening stage of most careers any attention is what you want, any attention is good attention, even if it's bad attention.

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

One thing which I know about this world of glamour is that it is better to have people talking about you than not being talked about at all.

I don't want to be famous.

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

People may trash me, but at least they're talking about me.

Fame is simply an imbalance between inbound and outbound attention.

I can generate attention quickly.

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.

The higher your profile, the more people want you.

All fame ever does for you is get attention for the work you really want to do.

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

I've never had much notoriety. It's fine with me.

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

A telescope will magnify a star a thousand times, but a good press agent can do even better.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

It's one thing for the people in the industry to know who you are, because they've heard about you earlier. I have friends calling me from the Christian bookstore because there's a poster on the wall. It's just weird.

The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.

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.