Internationally, I have as large of a fan base - if not larger - than I have domestically.
I really look up to Will Smith. He's internationally known, and people know him from everything. I don't know any kid who hasn't seen and liked Fresh Prince, or you'll like one of his movies or his music. He's perfect, and he's done everything. That's my dream: to be internationally known.
Nearly everything I do is part of a master plan to make me the most important entertainer in the world.
An Oscar is a symbol that is known in every corner of the world.
When I come to London now it's like being in L.A., because they know me like I'm at home.
I will be the biggest WWE Superstar the WWE has ever seen. I will be the biggest movie star movies have ever seen. I will be the biggest TV star that TV has ever seen. I will be the biggest person in the world.
I don't get recognized in England. Not at all. Every so often, I get recognized in other countries.
We're very pleased to be on a show which is known and loved around the world.
In America, if you say 'Chris de Burgh,' they won't have a clue, but they all know 'Lady in Red.'
I didn't spend much time in America, which probably was a mistake. To someone else, having a number one in America would be enough to get them touring.
What came out of 'Ocean's Twelve' is actually great because you do one 'Ocean's Twelve,' and you're more known around the world than if you did 20 years in the French cinema industry.
Living in the U.K., there is no way to know whether anyone in India likes my music, but I was surprised to see people singing along while I performed in Pune.
When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.
I want to set myself as a real legend in the sport, like Phelps and Mark Spitz are remembered worldwide. I want people to say, like they say of Ronaldo that he is the best soccer player in the world, I want them to say Chad Le Clos is the best swimmer in the world.
I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me.
Mind you, the limelight exists anywhere in the world. When you're not in the U.K., it can be as active somewhere else in the world, and for me, that's more or less been the case, so I never dropped out of the limelight in that sense.
Hopefully, I can cross over into Hollywood, and hopefully that will bring me a bigger name in China.
God didn't design anyone to be recognized by 2 billion people.
I remember the defining moment when I first realised I was famous. I was in Africa staying in the little tent city there by the Masai Mara River. Two guys with spears looked at me and said, 'Frasier?'
Brits are cool at the moment. We've taken over the world, what with 'Game of Thrones', 'Downton Abbey', One Direction... to be British is to be fashionable.
I seem to get recognized more in London and Europe than over here in the States.
You can be tops in Australia and be unheard of everywhere else.
I have 20,000 girlfriends, all around the world.
I have no distributor... it is indicative to me that there are these pockets of players and collectors all over. You should see the correspondence I get from over the world letting me know how significant they think I am. I know that wherever I go, I am well received.
Not too many people in America know about me, but all of Europe knows about me.
