Rashida Jones Quotes

Obviously, as somebody who is famous, I have a particular responsibility

What is the use in being a celebrity if you can't use the platform to help?

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

The strangest part about being famous is you don't get to give first impressions anymore. Everyone already has an impression of you before you meet them.

Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

I don't personally feel a responsibility to be a role model, but as the actor, I do.

Unfortunately, celebrity is a powerful thing. It can influence people, but if it can influence people in a good way, then that's a great thing.

I think anyone who is ever on TV is a role model for somebody.

When you have success on the field, you're more popular and you have that fame that comes with it. You realize you're in the public eye more and you've got to be a little bit more careful about some of the things you're doing out in public and make sure you're smart about the things you say. You're still going to make mistakes from time to time, but you represent an even greater population and people are that much more looking for you to be in the wrong place at the wrong time or fall down or say something really stupid that's going to get you in trouble.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

Examine our every action through the lens of how we would feel if it were to become front page news.

When actors get a bad name for diva behavior - I've never seen it. Because my experience with people who are really famous actors is that they work really hard.

I know that I do have influence over the people who watch me, and it's quite a pressure. I have to stay positive, and while I would never use the words 'role model', I am mindful of the responsibilities that come with a substantial viewership.

Sometimes, I feel the reason I have become a star beyond my films is that I am politically incorrect.

There are a lot of good things about being famous but there are a few not so good things too.

Once you become famous, you can't become unfamous. You can become a failure.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.

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.

When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

Sometimes being famous gets in the way of doing what you want to do.

It'd be stupid for me to sit here and say that there aren't kids who look up to me, but my responsibility is not to them. I'm not a baby sitter.

I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.

To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way.