If you are the person who gets the lion's share of attention in good times, guess what: you get the lion's share of attention in bad times.
I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.
It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.
In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.
Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.
With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all too well: a phallic symbol. All over the world I was, as a name and personality, equated with sex.
You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'
After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.
I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.
There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella.'
Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.
My lifestyle, my life, everything has changed because of this show. Has it made me look different? Yes, it's changed everything for me, everything from this show. And I cannot thank every single part of 'Sons of Anarchy' enough.
People don't remember my work in my earlier films, as 'PKP' has been etched forever in their minds. So, I get similar kind of roles.
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.
People who write finely must not expect to be left in repose; they will be molested with thanks, at least.
There are people that have watched everything I've done, which is so sweet. Sometimes I'm grateful for that; sometimes I feel like I have to apologize.
'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.
It's very difficult once you've been on telly because people know what you do. They give you a little bit of grace but then they're harsher if you're not funny, so you have to be funny.
When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, "Where's your other album?"
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that.
