Jane Fonda Quotes

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

When I was Under-Secretary, I never got quoted at all. Now everything I say gets noted and printed.

Being a star comes with not just fame and fortune, but with awareness and responsibility.

You know what may be the oddest thing about being a star? Stars have an effect on people. It's a responsibility, and it's frightening.

A tremendous social responsibility comes with being a successful public performer.

My goodness, my hair's been talked about by a million people, you know? It sort of goes with the territory.

Ever since I've become chairman, there have been profiles of me in People, George, The Washington Post, The Detroit News, and all of them could have been written by the same person.

Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career.

Once you become a celebrity, you are no longer a person, but an archetype.

Celebrity is a very tricky area to navigate.

That's the thing with celebrities: the media can't ignore them.

Celebrity has become an uncontrollable force, divorced from any sense of achievement.

I find it so weird when the media calls me 'small screen super star.' I don't think I'm one!

I never do anything because I'm a celebrity, as a rule. I do what I do as a citizen.

I'm not as famous as Stephen Hawking, but certainly in the U.S., I have a very high profile for a scientist. It is an awesome responsibility, one that I don't shoulder lightly.

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.

I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.

I don't know how people recognize me.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

To whatever degree you have as a celebrity or notoriety, there are people who see you as an opinion leader.

To be an icon is a big job - it's beyond acting. And sometimes it pays, and sometimes it doesn't.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous.

I don't really consider myself to be famous.

Being a celebrity is a business.