Gary Lineker Quotes

I'm in the public eye.

Look at Jane Lynch, another Chicagoan. She has a career I'd kill for. She does amazing work; she's famous enough to have some power, but not so famous she has to deal with people buzzing around her life.

I've been on the cover of every magazine in the world.

I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

Fame is a can of worms I haven't really had to contend with.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

I'm in the public eye. I'm recognised a small bit more. That's part and parcel of it.

Anyone that chooses to be an actor or politician is making a choice to lead their life in the public eye.

My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life.

It's not my ambition to be a big star.

I've grown up in the press my entire life.

But I am very grateful for my success, and with success, of course, comes a whole lot of celebrity.

I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.

I get recognized a lot now. It's great.

I've been famous my entire life; I don't know any other way.

I've interviewed presidents and royalty, rock stars and movie stars, famous generals and captains of industry; I've had front row seats at Super Bowls, World Series, and Olympic Games; my books have been on best-seller lists, and my marriage is a long-running success.

I've made my peace with being in the spotlight, definitely.

I lost interest in being in the public eye.

Once you enter the public's eye, you have to be aware that you give up a huge part of your own life.

I was never that much a focus of interest that I became a 'thing' at an earlier point in my career. I'm aware of having become a 'thing' now, which doesn't give me a lot of pleasure.

To have the recognition of your colleagues is great. The public attention is a mixed blessing.

I went from being totally unknown to getting stopped every time I went out. I always wanted to be successful, but I have never wanted to become a celebrity. I never, ever, craved that.