Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame.
I am not a star. My face is not the kind that 50,000 people will faint just looking at it.
At first, when you go to premieres and award shows, you're thinking, 'How the hell am I here? All these people I've never met are here, and it's so cool!' And then, as time goes on, it's a little bit like, 'Ah... it's more like work.'
I take real big pride in that. Delaware, the support that I get from Delaware - I mean, there are thousands of people reaching out to me. Whenever I go home, it's just so welcoming anywhere I go, and everybody is noticing me.
In Hollywood, she's revered, she gets nominated for Oscars, but I've never heard anyone in the public or among my friends say, 'Oh, I love Winona Ryder.'
I want the whole country to love me and I have no qualms in admitting it.
When I'm done, I want to be known as the fighter that everybody wishes they could've seen live.
People don't know what it's like standing up there onstage, when you have a wall of people smiling at you.
My dad wrestled The Rock, and I heard the people screaming and saw just how much they loved seeing my dad perform. It gave me chills.
It doesn't matter how tired I am; I will always still be happy. As soon as you go onstage, you get adrenaline. You hear the crowd: they're screaming your name. They have posters. The energy gives you energy.
250,000 people turned up in Dublin to cheer me on an open-topped bus along O'Connell St after my world title winning fight in 1985. I'll never forget the sea of smiling faces that greeted me that day.
The best part is the fans loving you. And the free clothes.
The fans are always at the hotel waiting, they like to get pictures and autographs. I enjoy it all, the displays of love and support at the hotel and the shows.
Lately, I have realised that as an actor, I am representing certain aspirations to the world, and it's important that I respect the love people have for me.
Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.
At my high school graduation, I graduated from home school, so it was pregnant teens and gang members. But, when I got on stage, there were kids in the background who all screamed, "Marry me!," very loud.
If somebody tells you that after being champion you're not going to miss the attention, he's lying to you.
Walking down the street, it's a humbling feeling. Everyone stopping you for photos and autographs, it's real humbling.
I love to meet the fans. I just get embarrassed with those who weep. I don't know what to do or what to say. It's a very embarrassing situation.
People are always saying they loved me in 'Titanic.'
When I was a kid, it was the attention I got from it, the immediate response from the audience, the thrill of being onstage. That's carried over into my adult life, I can't pretend I don't like the attention or whatever, but for me now, I've witnessed incredible performances that have changed the way I see the art form.
Look at self-satisfied pop singers or greasy, semi-literate athletes. People worship them. Why?” "Because they’re talented.
I would go to sleep and dream about being onstage with thousands and thousands of people.
I get an awful lot of fan mail, and I read all that I can.
I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.
