Brendan Behan Quotes

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

Never worry about bad press: All that matters is if they spell your name right.

I'm not one who goes for the 'all press is good press' dictum.

It can't hurt, publicity is publicity, controversy and all that, it's all good.

I've been getting some bad publicity - but you got to expect that.

I love the press; I even like the people that don't like me. If it wasn't for those people, no one would know who I was and I wouldn't have a gig.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

I operate under the theory that all publicity is good publicity, and then, if that theory doesn't work, you just say that any newspaper article ends up on the bottom of the parrot cage. But, of course, you can't line a parrot cage with Internet bloggers, can you?

Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.

Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.

I don’t care what you say about me, as long as you say something about me, and as long as you spell my name right.

Any press is good press.

Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

To me, any publicity is good publicity.

At times when I didn't have records out, the press has really kept me out there. My bad reputation has done wonderful things for me!

I guess I'm entertaining; I guess I'm interesting. I guess the things that I say sell papers. I guess they sell magazines. I don't know.

My publicist always said as long as they pronounce your name or spell your name right, it's all good.

There's a big difference to me between the people who are famous and just accept the fact that it comes with the territory of what they do, and the people who actively seek it out, who intentionally put themselves in the position of being on camera and being famous.

There is such a thing as bad publicity.

As long as my face is on page one, I don't care what they say about me on page seventeen.

I've never really sought out publicity.

You can be a dynamic actor, but could never be a star if you never spend time with the media. That's something that I neglected to do.

That's garbage. Why can't they catch me in a sex scandal. I could use some good publicity.

I'm not a publicity hound. I don't care about being on the cover of 'GQ' or 'Vanity Fair.'

Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it!