Richard Paul Evans Quotes

I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.

People press toward the light not in order to see better but in order to shine better.--We are happy to regard the one before whomwe shine as light.

I always regarded people who want fame with a lot of suspicion. Unless you have a product to sell, I don't know why anyone would want to be famous. I can't imagine what need that would fill.

I've been in things that have impressed people and they've come up to congratulate you but in a kind of, you-must-think-you're-really-special way.

I don't know if high society is different in other cities, but in Hollywood, important people can't stand to be invited someplace that isn't full of other important people. They don't mind a few unfamous people being present because they make good listeners.

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks.

The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.

Fashion Week is a great opportunity to make unimportant people feel like they own the world.

I honestly don't think that I am cool enough or important enough that anyone would care about what I am doing at all hours of the day like "I just had a latte from Starbucks and now I am going to Barney's. Love me some shoes!

I think the biggest reason that actors are complete a-holes as soon as they become famous is because they forget that this a job. They think that it's about them, and it's not.

Whatever you get paid attention for is never what you think is most important about yourself.

No matter how many people celebrate your gifts, don't ever think that you are more important to them than your gift is to them. This is why many people fail: They fail because they think that people came to follow them.

I feel like a lot of famous people think that they're doing a good thing by being kind. They're like, "Hey, I could be an asshole, but I'm not! Isn't it so cool that I'm so down to earth?" Like, No, you're not!

Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

Social media is where losers go to feel important.

Everyone wears a sign that says "Make me feel important

I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.

I'm not the kind of guy that really thinks I'm a celebrity or feels that I'm important or anything like that.

I think Kanye West gets really annoyed because I just hate fittings. I'll just be like,"Ah, I can't find something to wear."

I think, in these days, especially in the States, you have to be a politician or an assassin or something, to really be a superstar.

The TV provides pictures, therefore creates fame, and that's what makes it seductive to a lot of people. They want to be famous. They want to be recognized. And I've gotten all that out of my system.

I never care personally what people say about me. The music, and the message - this will always be more important to me than people thinking I'm the best.

Decide whether you want to be liked or admired.

It stirs up envy, fame does. People feel fame gives them some kind of privilege to walk up to you and say anything to you - and it won't hurt your feelings - like it's happening to your clothing.

My esteem in this country has gone up substantially. It is very nice now when people wave at me, they use all their fingers.