Joey Chestnut Quotes

It's funny how you call me a celebrity. Oh man.

I just want to be known as funny.

It's funny, as a little kid, you look up to those guys who you play as in 'Madden,' and now to see myself in the game, it's an honor.

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

My name is more important than myself.

Being called a 'music legend' is a very funny thing. It's nice to know that my work has been appreciated and that people have given me that status. On a personal level, however, I can't think about it too much. It means a lot... but then it doesn't.

I don't get recognised that much yet in London, but when I do I get a real sense of achievement.

It's funny to be discovered by a lot of people who didn't know you before. People always used to say, 'Do you shop at Home Depot?' or 'Does your kid go to such and such school?' They want to know why they know me, even if they don't know my name. I don't think that's a bad thing, by the way; I think it's nice to be kind of anonymously famous.

Fame won't make you feel any better about yourself.

I'll never get a Humanitas Award, but I'll have fun.

When I made a breakthrough as an actor, people started to say, 'Who's that bloke with the funny name?' They advised me to change it, saying it would never be put up in lights outside theaters because they couldn't afford the electricity. But I would never contemplate changing it. It's who I am.

My heart's desire is to be recognised in Nigeria.

I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at when I am holding her hand.

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think of yourself as that without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over!

My hair was famous before I was.

Everyone wants to be recognized.

I'm always going to be known for Mini Me, and it's fine.

That's always a funny thing, when people think they're known for every little thing they ever did, and they're really not.

When people say, 'I know you. What have I seen you in?' I respond, 'Well, it depends on how old you are.'

It will be written on my tombstone in very large letters, 'Here lies Hikaru Sulu,' and in very tiny letters, 'aka George Takei.' I don't protest the inevitable.

It's just unbelievable that nearly every gay human being knows who I am now - that's overwhelming.

I am going to go on with my life, and if they call me and say 'Yo, you are going to be in the Hall of Fame or you are going to be in this,' then I am going to say, 'So be it.' If I make it, I will go to the ceremony, and I'll have fun.

You're completely putting yourself on the line when you're in drag. They're either going to love you or they're going to hate you, but the most important part is having fun.

I'm known up there as the guy from Frog Jump. And it's a good thing.

There's the cool factor, right? You see your face on a sign or your name on something, like, 'Ahh! Here I am!' And then there's a huge responsibility and the scary part of it, which is like, 'Now what happens?' And then you realize, 'Oh, yeah, this is my job.'