Jake Johnson Quotes

People used to be funny about approaching me, but now they seem to think I'm as sane as anyone who's done what I've done in movies can be.

You're always as good as your last movie and that's the same with politics. If you are successful with a certain policy, then you're hot; if you're successful with the economy, or bringing down the unemployment rate, then you're hot. But if you're not successful, then things go south very quickly.

Your take on things is what is either going to make you somebody people talk about or no.

If critics have problems with my personal life, it's their problem. Anybody with half a brain would realize that it's the charts that count.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

I hope that people like us next year like they liked us last year.

I don't really think about the critics or the commercial success.

As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.

The public's perception of your show is what it is, and you don't get to complain how people perceive your show or talk about it.

You make something, and you really have fun with it, and you try to put emotion in it, and at the end of the day, you have no idea how the tide is going to fall. You don't know if everyone's going to like it, if everyone's going to hate it, if it's going to be like you're a media darling, or all of a sudden you're a sellout. You have no idea.

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise.

When you become a star, you don't change - everyone else does.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.

Reputations rise and fall almost as regularly as the tides.

Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable.

Your lineage and surname become irrelevant after your first film. Audiences do not care.

I've had lots of commercial success. I've also had some terrible reviews and some wonderful reviews.

What changes with fame is the perceptions of the individual rather than the individual.

The two things I've been told most often since my career took off - by taxi drivers, lifelong friends and everyone in between - have been, 'Don't ever change, Margot' and 'You can't do that anymore, Margot.'

I look back at 'Saturday Night Live' and I think, some people didn't like me doing 'Weekend Update.' Who cares? A lot of people did. When you're reaching that many people, you're not going to have everybody like you.

I had my Aunt Rosie, who was famous and then not, so I got a lesson in fame early on. And I understood how little it has to do with you. And also how you could use it.

Does General Grant think I care what the newspapers say?

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.

I was stuck with the dark glasses. They took all these pictures that went around the world. I guess once you become successful, you don't want to change anything too drastically.

With each film, you are still trying to get the length and measure right. And failure is all about others' perception of you. When you have one success, they think you know it all. But if you fail, they think they know it all.