Jack Germond Quotes

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 used to be seriously incognito - without wanting to be. The effect of the magazines, television, billboards - they've changed my whole life in terms of having to deal with being a, quote, star.

If you want to be really famous you have to go on TV every day.

I have realised that TV is extremely gratifying in the sense that people see you in their houses, and they get very attached to you.

If you're on the cover of any magazine, you certainly get recognized more.

In the U.K., I came from a talent show. I was watched by millions of people, so instantly when I came out from the show, people knew who I was.

To most people who have a point of view, merely being on TV is an intrinsic good.

Being on TV is kind of the best job in the world.

I wanted to step forward and be on TV and for people to see who I really was.

You really can't turn on TLC without seeing us.

I've never seen anybody win the game in the media. But at the same time, I understand what it could do for you, if you wanted to be someone who talks a lot.

'Vogue' is a bigger name than my name.

It's cool to be in the paper every once in awhile and people read about you and they know who you are.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

I don't really care about having more fame than I have.

Now, being on the cover of Vanity Fair is as important as being in great movies. The lines are very, very blurred.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

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.

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

When I was younger, I didn't want to be on TV.

You're not anyone in America unless you're on TV.

I'm already more famous than I want to be. And yet at the same time, fame feeds your potential as a creative person. You're in a vacuum if you don't have a certain amount of fame.

When you're someone in the media, the good thing is, I guess, that you can reach a lot of people.

It's a curious thing about celebrity: being somebody who was one of the stars of one of the most popular television shows in history offers an opportunity. I look at it as an ambassadorial opportunity at times, where I can go to places and have the opportunity to do things and meet people that other people don't have.

People tend to think they know you when you come into their televisions every week.