Lisa Jewell Quotes

There's this notion that in order to draw attention and to be considered for roles I want to be considered for, you need a certain amount of notoriety.

I get really nervous when people are like, 'I saw you in a trailer! I saw you on TV!' Genuinely, my cheeks get red.

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

I never felt terribly comfortable in the public eye.

I get recognized a lot now. It's great.

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

I think the world needs to see more of my face.

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, the higher your profile, the more castable you are in TV dramas.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.

I hadn't planned on or expected to have a public dimension in my life.

I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times.

The more well-known you are, you become a target.

I have always been reasonably anonymous, but I suppose that has gone with the success of 'Homeland.' I feel a lot more visible, which is good and bad. Good because I am getting recognition, but I am slightly apprehensive because I always enjoyed my anonymity.

I have no problem with people coming up to me and telling me they enjoy my work, what's weird is when you sense people noticing you, nudging each other, and you're not anonymous any more. You just feel exposed.

I'm not the guy trying to be all up in the videos and be a celebrity. I feel like I'm going to lose a certain amount of my privacy if I do that.

As a model, only a limited number of people knew about me.

Publicity is very important for any actor, especially when you are new, and people need to know you.

Growing up, I was from kind of Nowhere, Maine. And, so, now having thousands of people reaching out to me via social media and thousands of people paying attention to what I say, that's really weird.

Anywhere I go - if it's in the country, out of the country - someone is going to know you.

If you are in the spotlight, you have to get used to it.

I've been on magazines in Macedonia and all things like that.

In my mind, I don't really see myself as being famous. I just think my work is being exposed to a bigger audience.