William Petersen Quotes

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.

It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?

When I booked 'Orange,' I thought things were going to change a little bit, and I'd be a little more busy, but obviously I underestimated it. I don't think anyone knew that my character would be taken to so well.

I didn't really plan on fame. I never really factored that part into my life.

With the TV shows, you get eight zillion people watching you. I was really surprised at the way everything went. I knew television was powerful, but that was just... wow.

To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.

Yes, there was a sort of underground cult following, which came from nowhere, and grew, and grew. It was quite surprising to us all, because all of us had spent probably the previous five to ten years without it. So it was quite overwhelming. Overwhelming and humbling.

To me, there are two types of celebrity: there's good celebrity - people that are attracted to the food and working and trying to create something great - and then there's bad celebrity - those who are working on being a celebrity.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I often get recognized on the street.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

Police blog or entertainment news, it's just good to see your name in print.

The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these doors because he gets a good byline; he gets notices all over the world and so forth; but they're really - the important people are the people he photographs.

Now I'm seen by more people in one episode than I was in 20 years of theatre and movies. It's gratifying to have an impact on 25 million people a night, but I can say goodbye to my lunch-pail life as a working actor. I'm scared I might be a celebrity.

Fame creeps up on you.

Both my parents said they never got so many emails from friends and colleagues - with all the theater work that I've done - than when I was on 'The Good Wife.'

I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I'm still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird.

I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.

I get a lot of recognition for my voice. That always surprises me.

I'm glad to know that I can host the 'Today' show for 16 years and not be a trending topic. And all the sudden I'm on 'Royal Pains,' and I'm a trending topic. There's something a little strange about that.

I remember the defining moment when I first realised I was famous. I was in Africa staying in the little tent city there by the Masai Mara River. Two guys with spears looked at me and said, 'Frasier?'

'Scandal,' I sort of experienced the ascent and the transition from a modest start to a full-blown hit.

After the success of 'Rumours,' we were in this zone with this certain scale of success. By that point, the success detaches from the music, and the success becomes about the success. The phenomenon becomes about the phenomenon.

It wasn't the muso thing that got me recognition in the beginning. It was doing 'Wild Thing.'