Rashad Evans Quotes

I think I have just always had an awareness that when you go to a premiere and people start cheering and shouting your name and stuff, they are shouting at a perception of you that they have.

What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it.

For an actor, it is great to have fans.

I think most actors like to be liked.

I was overwhelmed when people started to know who I was.

It's different hearing girls I don't even know scream my name.

I don't know if I'm a heartthrob or if I want to be one! I heard that I get the most fan mail. It's very flattering, and lovely to be popular with the public.

And it was only released in London last week, so when I go back to England Monday or whatever, I am expecting heaps of adulation. I'm hoping there is. If that doesn't happen I will be disappointed.

I've been all around the world, and there will be a thousand kids crying out your name, and it's such a weird, visceral experience. It's like, it's disorienting.

Hollywood has given me a great, warm hug.

I think people keep baseballs in their cars, just to be prepared in case they see me. It's cool to get recognized in public; it's an incredible feeling.

The fans sing my name around the world. When I meet fans, they ask, 'How are you? All good with your family?'

People definitely wait outside my house, hotel, apartment, whatever, asking for hugs or autographs.

To see fans cheering your name, that's shocking. I'm like, 'Wait, how do you know who I am?'

The fame isn't important to me. It's a blessing to have. Having so many people that support me, that love me and listen to my music, is beautiful.

They say fame is important and that maintaining your fame is even more important. But to me, the most important thing is to deserve the respect of your fans.

I'm definitely gaining new fans, and that's the key of any success... gain more love.

I have received more fulfillment and adulation than I would ever know what to do with in terms of show business.

I'm not recognized very often, and if I am, it's a die-hard Veronica Mars fan. Which is usually flattering and an honor. I really try not to think about it.

For the most part, I have a very manageable celebrity. People recognize me from time to time, and they usually say very appreciative things. It affords me a great deal of pleasure.

I don't get recognized all the time, but it tends to happen more in America, and people are so lovely when they do.

I love being recognized, I love people liking me, I love the fact that people scream when I go out. I think I'll miss all that when it's taken away.

There's no such thing as unwanted attention for an actor.

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

I never got why actors don't like it when a fan comes up to them on the street. It is cool that someone recognizes what you do and makes you feel like you live in a community.