Edward Said Quotes

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

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.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

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.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

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

You know, I never really thought of myself as a 'celebrity.' One of the titles that I like least is 'celebrity chef.'

There's this perception sometimes around here that I'm this Hollywood guy.

I think there's a time when your personal life gets magnified by who we are as celebrities.

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.

I'm actually a very private person. Sometimes I'm in denial that I'm really famous.

I don't want people to look at me as someone who is just this celebrity person.

All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.

For people who may think they know, or have snippets of who I am, you can attack that person. That's part of being a public figure.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I never, ever did.

I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.

This celebrity thing has been interesting. It's hard to get used to, because I don't see myself as a celebrity.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

I've never not been famous.

For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.

My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life.

I don't really see myself as a celebrity, but more as a sort of mitre.

I don't know how people recognize me.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.