Alan Rudolph Quotes

For sure, I definitely feel like there's a target on my back.

Every time I went on TV I got a threat.

A voice is very intimate. It's something of your own. So there's always this fear, because you feel naked. There's a fear of not reaching up to expectations. As you become more famous, people come and expect to hear something extraordinary, so you don't want to disappoint them. I feel this sense of responsibility.

My back's not big enough for the number of targets on it.

Everything I do is always scrutinised. But that's all I'll say about that.

In print, people can do anything to you. Everything you do is picked apart. People love it; they're waiting for you to make a mistake.

When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.

I'm in a position where whatever I do, I can get my head handed to me. I'm in a position to fail because there is a whole group of people out there who want me to fail. It's a weird vibe.

Once you have a lot of success, you become a target in many ways.

Every time you have to come up with a new body of work for a new show, you're aware that people are just ready to rip you apart, they're just waiting for you to fall or make the slightest trip up.

People are gonna comment no matter what. If I dated the most clean-cut, perfect guy, they're gonna comment. That's just the way it is.

With every film that you do, you're always so nervous. You feel exposed because you know people will see this eventually. You sort of have to put all that out of your head. What will be will be. But it's nerve wracking.

Every time I do something or release something or announce a new project, there's always that fear that it won't go well.

I've got a... target on my back the size of the state of California.

When I read my interviews, I feel, is it me? I constantly wonder if someone will get hurt if I say this or that. It is unfortunate that I am scared to say what I feel.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.

When something or someone is hyped and you're put on the forefront of a lot of things, people want to tear you down. That's kind of scary, especially when you're not really putting yourself out there.

A writer's life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don't have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it. But it is true to say that you are open to all the winds, some of them icy indeed. You are out on your own, out on a limb. You find no shelter, no protection - unless you lie - in which case of course you have constructed your own protection and, it could be argued, become a politician.

I said it was a mistake. It wasn't the best choice. But all my emails have been turned over to the public.

Just remember...you are the one with everything to lose.

I did get a letter which was pretty alarming once. Well, it was sent to the Fifty Shades production office. And it was pretty ... I'd say interesting. I don't really want to go into that. But otherwise the response has been good, thankfully.

All of a sudden it felt like people were peering over my shoulder, wondering what I would write next. I was blocked for four years.

Anything good that I have written has, at some point during its composition, left me feeling uneasy and afraid. It has seemed, for a moment at least, to put me at risk.

I would say the biggest risk I always take is going in front of a live audience. There's nothing more risky to do. You have to really leave yourself open to your own authenticity, and you find that out pretty quick.