Ruben Studdard Quotes

Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.

Yeah, I grew a goatee, and the next year, everybody had them.

I think one of the things I was shocked about was how interested the world is in 'American Idol' and how people, writers, they write about 'Idol' all the time, and I guess I didn't expect that.

When something works on a huge level, everybody does it.

The present condition of fame is merely fashion.

With success always comes mimicry.

When something get hot, everybody want to jump on the bandwagon and act like they created it.

Nobody creates a fad. It just happens. People love going along with the idea of a beautiful pig. It’s like a conspiracy.

If Britney Spears would paint her ass green, I'm sure you would spot green asses all over L.A., as soon as the word was out.

'Bigg Boss' is a show where you create a new fan following.

When I was young, I always enjoyed watching skilful players and trying to emulate them the same as everyone else.

I was a little hesitant to do 'Love & Hip-Hop' because sometimes reality TV can be good for your music career and sometimes bad.

There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible.

What I did not want to be was a fad, because fads die. I had one of the George Michael Wham! neon-colored sweatshirts, and I thought it would never go out of style. Fads die.

If you're an up-and-coming star, and you want to do well, then a show like 'The X Factor' is really important.

I got offered loads of reality shows, including 'I'm A Celebrity' and 'Celebrity Big Brother.'

When TV companies stop coming up with ideas, and I've got to go and do 'Celebrity Big Brother,' I don't want that to happen.

Whatever work I have done in a very short span of time, like 'Balika Vadhu,' 'Kitchen Champion 4,' 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,' and 'Bigg Boss 7,' has been great for me.

I have been offered thrice to participate in 'Bigg Boss' and I rejected it everytime.

'American Idol' is a pop-culture staple that left the air too soon. ABC is the right home to reignite the fan base.

With 'The X Factor' I think the audiences have lost faith and trust in it so that's its problem. You want to be watching something real and dynamic and something you can trust and believe in.

Old people come up to me and say, 'Are you still alive? I used to watch you on 'To Tell The Truth' when I was a kid.'

It was not hip for people to like us, because their little sister liked us.

I was offered 'Bigg Boss' twice but I can't do such shows.

I would watch 'the Kardashians' and think, I could do that.