Jerry Rubin Quotes

My persona has given me a certain notoriety, if not international celebrity.

Audiences could never relate to me as anything other than Tori Spelling.

I never cultivated a personality. Almost everyone who is really famous has cultivated a personality.

It took me a long time to realize you don't choose what you're famous for.

Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name.

I happen to be notorious. That, I have no control over.

I'm aware that people see me as a sex symbol. But I know I can act.

In my career, I have played a gangster, an ex cop, a journalist and a film director. Yet, the label of a serial kisser refuses to leave me.

People feel like they know me from the work I have done, but it's not me.

You don't choose your public; your public chooses you.

Fame means millions of people have the wrong idea of who you are.

For somebody famous, it's weird anyway to meet someone, because they have a preconceived notion of who you are.

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.

Actually, the curious thing is that the more you become a subject of admiration or loathing, the more you're examined under a microscope, the distance seems to open up between who you really are and the portrayals that people impose on you.

Anybody who becomes a movie star becomes successful at projecting a certain image to the public.

There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.

The modern politician is less interested in being a hero than a superstar. Heroes walk alone; stars derive their status from approbation.

Fame allows you a lot of opportunities to experience new things and connect with people. But on the other hand, people's perceptions of you can limit the scope of your relationships with them. You walk both lines.

If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.

Luckily, the public sees me as a character actor.

I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.

My reputation precedes me now.

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That's part of being a public figure.

I came back from the Olympic Games, and straightaway, I'm this role model. So that means I can't mess around with my mates like I used to because, if I do, people are going to use it to knock me down.

I don't know why I have been branded a glam doll.