Chuck Noll Quotes

I don't make a concerted effort to distinguish myself as Duncan D. Hunter versus Duncan Hunter. I just do my own thing. That's good enough for me.

I don't even like being quoted in a press release.

There's more pressure to be famous for being yourself than if you're being a character.

I'd like people to understand that I do have some personality.

You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You need to do what Connor McGregor does.' But that's not me. That's not who I am. I'm not going to talk trash and build off the bad boy image.

I get that I can come across as a show-off, but that is part of who I am.

Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be recognized.

We're starting to push the envelope in terms of the expectations, and you can also have your own style, personality and sense of humor, because now we're allowed to.

Normal is such a hard word to use, because everyone's idea of normal is different. Real is what the word is. I think you either live a real life or you live a weird celebrity pseudolife. I think I lead a really real life.

You don't want to be photographed? You don't want to be known? Then you don't need to be out there peddling movies.

My reputation was a bit exaggerated. Things were written in newspapers, then copied, then doubled. One of the reasons why I never disclaimed that, was because I found it amusing. But I also constructed such an image for myself in order to gain more of a private life.

I don't want to dedicate my life to getting publicity.

I'm loath to use my personal life to promote what I do, but at the same time, I don't like a journalist going away with no more than you could get off Wikipedia, where most of it's invented anyway.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

I'm just myself, so I don't know that I think of myself as a nerd icon.

I don't want to become a brand and I certainly don't want to have a persona.

I have to fight to keep my image really me... I rejected some gorgeous publicity shots because they just didn't look like me.

I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.

Barry seems to be more flamboyant merely because he gets more interviews to talk about it.

My purpose is to make a movie to make you warm. To give you some heat. Now, this rational world has become a place where only what is cool is good. Do you cut the movie on the basis of the beat of modernity or the basis of the beat of your own heart?

Be comfortable; be you. What's most important is to understand what suits your body type and personality. Stick to that, and you can't go wrong!

In a way, I'd rather go into an interview and be disliked, and have unpleasant things written about me, than to have a wonderful, glowing article written that is in no way a reflection of who I am.

If people see me in some sort of niche, then that's fine. As long as it's not The Naked Guy, I don't care.

I'm a walking billboard. That's my pleasure.

You've got to be very conscious of what people see. If I saw somebody every day, I would get sick of them. Most guys think, 'If I can get on TV every day and give that quote, I'm going to be golden.' It's not about that. It's about showing people you can be yourself.