Stephen Rodrick Quotes

It's hard not to get a big head in the film industry, there are people on a set paid to cater to your every need, from the minute you arrive until you go home. It's kind of strange, but not unpleasant.

It's inconceivable to some people that that wouldn't be the sexiest thing to do in the whole world: to be a movie star, and make money, and be pampered, and whatever.

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

A Star Is Born' was everything. Gaga and Bradley, and having people you look up to laugh at your jokes, felt really good.

Whenever I'm in L.A, I see Jessica Biel.

I always think I'm the Tom Cruise of music - a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling.

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

I've walked down the street with Madonna, and I've walked down the street with Colin Firth, and it was a little bit more... with Madonna they were a little rougher, but they were all there for Colin. It was amazing. Women adore him. They swoon.

You become so encapsulated in this world of being a star. People listen to what you say, you have this voice, it becomes unreal and you become far removed from the people you came from.

Hollywood always likes to create a star.

Hollywood has given me a great, warm hug.

Hollywood has always been good to me. I've never blamed Hollywood for my problems.

And to me, fame is not a positive thing. The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality. It's fantastic when you go to premieres and people cheer you, but it's not real. And it's totally not my approach to get my name on a club door just because I can.

My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle.

When you're in L.A., and you're making movies and that kind of stuff, you don't really get a sense sometimes, I think, what the fans are like.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

I feel like rock stars feel a sense of entitlement, whereas I just feel a sense of good fortune.

I'm very leery of show business, having been in Los Angeles for the last 10 years. Buzz is a dangerous thing that I've heard applied to a lot of people that I've since not heard of again.

In Los Angeles, everyone is a star.

When you're in Los Angeles, nobody bats an eye, they're so used to seeing actors, they just act really cool.

Artists, actors, people like that, they live in a very strange bubble of their own. They're mollycoddled; they're highly privileged.

I didn't really want to be a movie star. I thought they were so screwed up!

I didn't fall for a lot of that stardom stuff.

Show me an actor who doesn't want to be famous, and I'll show you a liar. Later, you realise that there's more to it than just the acquisition of fame, and money and girls. But that is what drives them and was what drove me, initially.

I like celebrities. I love people who are famous. Always have.