Grace Park Quotes

A single moment spent in a business meeting or at a pub is more than enough to reveal the basic human truth that we are all faking it most of the time.

I don't feel like a pop star. I like being able to live my life the same as my mates. I don't get recognised much.

Because I look like Everyman on some level, I would say I get recognized once or twice a day.

I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.

I find I have to walk a little faster in public these days, but it's very easy to remember when nobody had any idea who I was.

I'm happy to be the guy on the subway that people stare at and they just can't quite place it. I don't really like my life intruded upon too much. In a way, it's kind of nice to not be all that well known.

I enjoy being a character actor; I enjoy being different in everything. I want a private life; I want to be able to go to 7-11 and not get into a fight with a guy because he saw me in a movie, or not have people hitting on me simply because they saw me in a movie.

I don't think that there's been one example in history where somebody has openly talked about their personal life and it's done them any good.

I'm way bigger than people think I am. I'm way bigger. I've been underrated all my life, and that's fine. I have privacy. I can walk the street without being hassled. I can be a regular guy. The price to give that up is so horrible. When you become a part of the hysteria - it's not completely in my hands - you have to hide.

I've still kind of maintained a low profile but people still kind of recognize you and will come up to you, and that's taken a bit of getting used to.

It's weird when somebody I don't know from Adam knows my face and knows my name.

I have the ability to move around without being recognized all the time. I mean, you want to be famous - but not too famous.

I'm a big fan of both Linda Bassett and Pam Ferris, but had to pretend I was calm about it.

I did everything I could to remain anonymous for as long as possible.

I just want to be a normal lad and not known as 'that bloke off the telly.'

I rarely get recognised. Almost never.

LA is the only place where people know my name and still walk up to me and ask it. And I think that was really representative of a lot of the transplant people in LA. I just found everything so phoney.

I would like to do theaters. That's always been a dream. I think that would be a good way to tour. But for the most part, in terms of, do I want to get recognized on the street? No. There's not much I want about fame.

That's why success hasn't changed me: because I don't want to be famous or do TV or be a model or be recognised in a shop. I'm not interested. There's nothing worse.

Since I won my first X Games, people are watching me when I walk down the street. But I think Estonians are quite shy. They're not coming up to you and taking pictures.

I don't like to be in the public eye or talk about my private life.

I don't know any celebrities. I know a lot of people that most people have never heard of.

It is kind of weird to walk into a Starbucks and have somebody know your name. But normal-day life really hasn't changed that much. There's just a lot more eyes on you on social media.

I changed my mind about being a famous pop star when I realised that it meant I'd never be able to get on the Tube again.

I would really like it if someone knows me more for a character that I've played. If they call out the character's name instead of mine by mistake, it would be lovely.