There's a funny thing about fame. The truth is you run as fast as you can towards it because it's everything you want. Not just the fame but what it represents, meaning work, meaning opportunity. And then you get there, and it's shocking how immediately you become enveloped in this world that is incredibly restricting.
I've always chased glamour.
If you have a guy like Jermaine, it's a pain in the neck. When we were on the road together in Europe, Jesus, I had to kick the girls off of him. I mean, they throw themselves on the floor and take off their hats.
In Hollywood, maybe only ten percent will make it and the other ninety percent try. This elusive dream of making it and being on top is the same story as the moth being drawn to the flame. The flame and it's attractiveness is something you'll never eliminate. Some will learn how to live in that environment and others will burn in it.
It was very hard when the newspapers were chasing me. It was also very weird. I know I'd just become world champion but shouldn't they be following someone who has done something wrong?
I worry about people who sell out to chase fame because when they get it, it might not be so satisfying.
And I'll stay off Verlaine too; he was always chasing Rimbauds.
I don't like to chase an audience. You can smell when someone is chasing an audience and it's not good.
It is a proud moment for any male actor to have thousands of females chasing you.
What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?
