Donald Cerrone Quotes

I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.

I was on TV for almost sixteen weeks during American Idol. It's at the point now where it's old.

When you put an individual on the cover of a big picture magazine, like 'Life of Look', their career skyrocketed. As a photographer, you were very empowered; people came to you, bowing to you and what you represented.

I've been asked for years to do a reality show. One of my criteria is that I would be given the opportunity to show a strong family unit.

There definitely is exposure in reality shows, but the exposure will basically get you more reality shows.

Celebrity has lost its value - all you have to do is go on a reality TV show for six weeks and everybody knows your name.

I don't want fame or to make money by appearing on TV, but I would not mind appearing on TV if it is related to what I am doing for football.

I've been on 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and I know it does wonders for your career.

I have to accept the fact that the time I was on, 'Project Runway' was already becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

I am a reality all-star. This is what I do. I'm not an actor or an athlete.

For years, I pitched a reality show because I thought it would be good for business.

I'm probably the biggest reality television star living.

This whole thing about reality television to me is really indicative of America saying we're not satisfied just watching television, we want to star in our own TV shows. We want you to discover us and put us in your own TV show, and we want television to be about us, finally.

Nothing had changed in my routine, except that when I went down the chippy and got me special fried rice, it would be wrapped in a newspaper that had my picture all over it.

I went onto reality TV as a business decision.

I think I've been lucky, being my frequent appearances on Court TV have brought to me another level than just the actor guy.

Kim Kardashian is a major player coming off of a reality show, and nobody can turn a blind eye to what she's accomplished, no matter how you see her.

I don't think I could do a reality show, no.

People would see me on a Nickelodeon commercial, and I would hear about it the next day in school.

I was asked to do 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here,' and I said: 'No thank you.'

The idea of being on TV 24 hours a day and people seeing the real me... No.

When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.

'Man v. Food' was the biggest career-defining opportunity. I went from anonymity to someone of note with access to amazing eateries.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.

The power of network television is amazing. I've been performing for years but have been seen on only a few episodes of this show, and people spot me in public now all the time. They say, 'Hey, aren't you on 'Nashville'?' Most locals seem to really appreciate how authentic the show is.