Keeping up with the Joneses was a full-time job with my mother and father. It was not until many years later when I lived alone that I realized how much cheaper it was to drag the Joneses down to my level.
[We are] persuaded to spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people we don't care about.
You never know when you're going to be considered un-hip... The people that really pass judgment on you really have nothing to do with what you do, usually.
We spend money we don't have, on things we don't need, to make impressions that don't matter.
We've been raised to compete, to want more! More! More! It's a way of life. It's about greed.
It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had.
People are trying to act like they're balling all day with cars, their house, like there's no problems. I feel like a lot of people are trying to be someone they're not, and when you're just yourself, life is so much easier because you don't have to keep up this facade.
Rich people in poor places want to show off their wealth. And their less affluent counterparts feel pressure to fake it, at least in public. Nobody wants the stigma of being thought poor.
Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level.
Possessing things is not that interesting. Living in a grand environment to show myself and others that I have wealth has zero appeal.
He never chooses an opinion; he just wears whatever happens to be in style.
In Los Angeles, it's like they jog for two hours a day and then they think they're morally right. That's when you want to choke people, you know?
I know it's not enjoying my success to do this, but when I see too many Polo shirts, I say to myself, 'That's the end of that.'
You have to learn to cut your cloth accordingly. But it seems to be a human weakness. Once you start making a lot of money, you just join in with everyone else. It's like the banks, and we've seen what happens there.
Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.
You often see lifestyle over substance in L.A. Some rock stars dress up like they're going to play a gig when they're just going to the 7-Eleven store on a Tuesday night.
Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Before you try to keep up with the Joneses, be sure they're not trying to keep up with you.
Many a family, in order to make a 'proper showing,' will commit itself for a larger and more expensive house than is needed, in an expensive neighborhood. Almost everyone would, it seems, like to keep up with the Joneses.
Things get much easier if one jumps on the bandwagon of existing trends.
It gets boring to me when people talk about clothing brands or what boat they're going to buy next summer.
Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.
Oh, Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
I was raised by very traditional Southern parents with Southern manners. You don't air your dirty laundry to people that aren't your family or your friends. Why would I ever want to portray myself as anything other than together?
All the kids are freaking out about Snapchat, so I'm hoping to trick them into thinking I know how to use it, too.
