Brie Larson Quotes

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

Once you become a celebrity, you are no longer a person, but an archetype.

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

I live my life on TV - it's like a home video.

I never really created a difference between Shaffer Smith, my actual name, and Ne-Yo. They are kind of one in the same. It's been a bit of a gift and a curse. As far as Shaffer Smith is concerned, I've never viewed myself as a celebrity.

If you've seen me on 'The Celebrity Apprentice' or 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' you know that I find myself in hot situations far more often than I'd like.

The minute I saw the front page of the 'Daily Telegraph' - me with my arm around the latest 'X-Factor' contestant - I realised I'd gone into a new realm.

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

It's weird to be called a celebrity or talk about it. I don't talk about being a celebrity in my business meetings. I don't talk about it with my friends. It's not a part of my life. It's a media perception of who I am.

I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

I'm like the Ben Affleck of crowd surfing.

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

In fact, I would advise against anyone doing reality shows. I won't be doing 'X Factor' just yet.

In terms of publicity and interviews, well, it's really hard in this modern world to keep a sense of mystery.

People know me as 'Wipeout Girl' or 'Mercury Girl.' They never know my name, and sometimes, maybe that's a good thing.

I never fail to find it weird when people recognise me.

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

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

I'm just a guy who happens to work in public from time to time. I've built a reputation as an established comic, not as a celebrity - a celebrity is someone who is famous but doesn't do anything.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I have this dream life where I get to be a celebrity but I get to navigate the world fairly easily because I'm always in character.

From the moment I leave my house or my hotel room, the public owns me. The public made Alice Cooper and I can't imagine ever turning my back on my fans.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

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.