Alec Baldwin Quotes

When I was racing, I had learned that you can't set stock in public adoration or your press clippings. By the time I was 26, I'd heard crowds of 100,000 scream my name, but a week later they couldn't remember who I was. You're a hero today and a bum tomorrow - hero to zero, I sometimes say.

I would never say I was an icon, but so many people have said I am, so I suppose I am. I mean, I can't not be what everyone says I am. But I don't feel like an icon.

Anybody who says they don't want to be seen on a show which has millions of people watching it at one time when they're in the business of selling records is a bit silly.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

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

A great man, who lives intimately with his admirers, with difficulty escapes being made ridiculous.

It is hard on any man to see the eyes of everyone turn to another person as the eyes of the entire country are turned to [Theodore] Roosevelt.

The media will build you up in a hurry but then, just as fast, will bring you down.

I'm lucky that, despite all the bad press I've had over the years, the public still seems to like me.

I always loved asking everybody when I arrived in England, from the drivers who picked me up to the people at the hotel to people I met when I was walking in the park, almost everyone at some point would say, 'Everyone loves Ant & Dec!' From eight to 80.

Democracy elevates by turning ordinary people into extraordinary ordinary people called celebrities.

I'm getting a lot of followers, especially from politicians, which really amazed me. It's really an honour - I'm really grateful for everyone's support.

I can never agree with people that say 'Cena's overexposed.'

Being considered a public figure honestly makes me laugh.

When I talk about celebrities, I don't dislike them - it's what they represent.

It's very strange. I can't go anywhere without somebody stopping me, which is so cool that I get to connect to people that I never might've ever spoken to, or they have an impetus to speak to me. It's created a career that I wasn't sure if I'd ever really have.

I am more popular than many politicians, and even superstars like Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan.

If somebody can make a joke about you on TV, that's so beautiful. You've affected pop culture to that degree.

I won because I was the people's favorite dancer, and that's what I work with these Idols on. There have been 1,000 singers before you that are as good or better than you, but you're not trying to be the best singer ever. You're trying to be the people's favorite singer.

I'm not changing because I'm part of a hit. People around me have changed in their attitude toward me, but I haven't changed. And I won't.

When people say I've become a star, it takes time to sink in.

It's a great feeling when people recognize you, but at the same time, you gotta take it with a grain of salt, continue to work so you get better, because people can change on you; thoughts can change.

As is the case with politicians, actors are chosen by people.

Because you are seen on the screen, whether big or small, the people in remote places are in complete awe of you.