Al Sharpton Quotes

It's interesting because people assume that because I'm famous I know all famous people.

I decided that I was going to be the Kennedy who makes her own name and finds her own job and works like a dog. My comeuppance was when Arnold got elected - I became the Kennedy who was married to the governor.

The problems with First Ladies is that you have to set the standard. My role is to be both star and slave.

People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.

Any image I have, it's just what I do, but it comes off as being very pretentious. When you're a bit in the public astigmatism, anything you do seems like you did it so somebody would see you do it, like showing up at the right parties.

When you start hanging out with Jennifer Lopez and Bill Clinton, you can't expect to remain an everyday person.

My friends are all really nice about my fame, they're just curious really, they ask lots of questions.

Once the Secretary of State invites you to lunch and asks your opinion, you’re sunk.

When the success of 'Crazy Rich' hit, it's like everybody knows exactly who you are, and the way that they speak to you is different. I've stayed the same throughout. It's just people's perception of you changes.

I never call myself a Kennedy cousin. In fact, when I signed my contract with Bravo, I made it very clear that they were not allowed in promos to refer to me as a Kennedy cousin. I'm not that person. I don't feel it.

The weirdest place someone has asked me for advice was at a party where there were a lot of A-list celebrities and super-wealthy people. There were people in the middle of mingling asking for investment advice, and I'm like, 'Hey, I'm just here to dance. I'm here to have fun!'

The journalistic and political classes are very eager to borrow the cultural authority of comedians when it suits them, sending out gala invitations and posing for photos in hopes that a bit of that edgy satirical shine will rub off on them.

The label 'wife of the prime minister' is like a giant signboard pointing at my head from a Monty Python sketch. But I am not Mrs. Prime Minister. I'm a human being.

I was always told that if people don't want a picture with you, or they don't want an autograph from you, that doesn't mean you're not doing anything good.

Because I don't go to showbiz parties, I don't have the right image. The media decides who's in and who's out.

I never liked being called the young rebel star.

I don't want to be 'Brynn from 'The Voice'' forever.

I'm out there to play my sport, to showcase my sport. I'm not an actress.

My love life is not as interesting as people think it is.

One thing that is fairly undeniable about Trump - love him or loathe him - is his understanding of how to manipulate the media and to perpetuate a symbiotic relationship with the press.

What really ticks me off is how the public figures you automatically become the roles you play. What most people never see is the silly side of me.

I think our election proved to us that 'billionaire' is an incredibly magical word in our language in that people just defer to it. Donald Trump is not a billionaire, but he knew it was vital for him to be perceived as one.

People perceive actresses in a different manner when they are portrayed glamorously. I don't want that to happen with me.

You might need a little more nuance in personal relationships. Climbing the work ladder is different from climbing the social ladder.

How do I play the princess thing? I don't, really. I don't like talking about it much and find it annoying when people say things like, 'Oh, you're the princess.' One of my best friends jokingly says, 'Hi, Princess,' and I say, 'Shut up.' It is one of the things that bugs me most in the world.