Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes

It is also, I would guess, a universal that in all societies people value respectability granted to them.

Respected, I almost want to be revered, that's what I'm chasing.

The knighthood was a tremendous honour, I don't dismiss it. But I feel embarrassed by the flowery, theatrical stuff that goes with being an actor.

I have walked majestically with kings and queens and presidents and other heads of states.

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid.

There stands the shadow of a glorious name.

When I dressed up for visiting Kings and Queens it would take me an hour. When I went to the provinces it would take me twice the time. They needed a standard…. I must be glamorous because I am representing the people

Icy and earthy, Helen Mirren is a rare, regal presence in a movie age that values the plebeian over the patrician and mass over class. Lauded with an Oscar and an Emmy for playing both Queen Elizabeths, Mirren has matched her cool aristocracy with a boldness of performance and display.

People didn't object to me taking their photo. It was something everybody thought was their due: to be King for a Day, win the lottery and be photographed.

The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.

If Queen Elizabeth knighthooded me and I would get the title Sir Usain Bolt. That sounds very nice.

The Oscar is very beautiful, utterly mesmeric, but I don't feel any more important because I have won one. It doesn't mean I'm any better than anyone.

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

Lots of people come up to me and call me Sir Bruce now. Interviewers call me Sir with every question, but I never make a point of making people call me Sir. It doesn't matter to me, though; it was a great honour to be knighted. I'm very proud of it.

I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me.

Awards are meaningless to me, and I have nothing but disdain for anyone who actively campaigns to get one.

Celebrity doesn't have anything to do with art or craft. It's about being rich and thinking that you're better than everybody else.

A person places themselves on a level with the ones they praise.

I'd rather be respected than loved.

I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.

What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

I'm at Miramax now, where I've actually been treated like a Prince.