Danica Patrick Quotes

Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.

I think I've spent more time in front of a camera than off camera. That's just the way it is.

In television, the audience has to be comfortable with you, and I've managed to prove that I can be in American homes to some degree, and not necessarily where everyone knows me, either.

I gave up my base in popular culture when I left the Tonight Show.

I mean, it's a bit of a double-edged sword being a celebrity and being an actor as I'm sure you know. Your public laundry is constantly aired out and I thought that maybe I could do some good.

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

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

Since I started in Nascar, popularity has definitely gone up. I've become more attractive and helpful to companies that are looking for spokespersons. So from that perspective, things are going really well.

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

Becoming famous was never what I wanted to do. There's a lot of things that come with fame - it's what people in the limelight have to do.

People know who you are when you've never met them. For them, through interviews and seeing you perform, they feel like they know you and you've never seen them before. It's really different, but it's awesome.

When you're on TV in America, the girls love you. I'm not complaining.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.

People will come up to me everywhere and say, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Larry King,' and, 'Ah, I saw you on 'Oprah.' And it's really nice, and a lot of people say, 'Is it a pain?' And I say 'No.' And it's not annoying.

I really hate the duties of being a celebrity, like getting dressed up for the red carpet.

The public scrutiny element they don't teach you in film school. So few people are ever subjected to it.

You won't see me on Barbara Walters; Oprah, that's not who I am.

If I had to change one thing about my life, it would probably be, I wouldn't be famous. Because when you're famous it's so hard.

Some people are better at handling the limelight than others.

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

The only thing I do worry about is that the more films I do the more visible I am going to become as a personality because of press and because of the sheer quantity of films.

All I do is give interviews and spend time being photographed.

I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.