When you get into the public eye, one day, you're kind of unknown, and the next day, you have people in your bushes waiting to take a picture of you.
It's easy to be a movie star. The shoes are already there. They just put you in the shoes.
I've been in training for stardom.
As a player you want to be on the big stage.
Well, it's really gratifying to me to have a stage and some bright lights and a microphone. They're tools and opportunities, and to be able to just pull somebody up on stage with me and point at them is a great feeling.
I was the star of a film you don't want to be the star in.
Oh, I so don't care about the podium at the Oscars. I've stood at the podium at the Oscars and that's close enough. To be a presenter is as close as I need to be.
An actor is a guy who, if you ain't talking about him, he ain't listening.
I get to share the stage with some of the best.
I love playing live, and doing big TV shows are exciting.
When you watch these reality shows, the person that is hated on the most is usually the one that gets the most shine.
I do get recognized every once in a while.
Frontmen come alive when they come onstage.
On one level, nothing's really changed in my life. I still drive my daughter in the car pool on Monday. But it's impossible not to be aware of this rush of attention; it's impossible not to be seduced by it once you've entered into it, seduced by being unhappy when the attention wanes.
I've always been the DJ or the bass player or the drummer, somebody in the background. I don't think anybody who knows me personally would say that I'm particularly shy or introverted, but I'm definitely not like Mr. Attention.
I'm not someone who likes to be in the whole Hollywood tabloids.
There's a lot of spotlight that comes along with being the best in the world.
I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.
Anyone who is on the verge of kind of famous but not really relevant is kind of fun to play with.
I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.
for some people life outside the spotlight is death.
I've pretty much always been in the limelight. A star in my own right.
You cannot combine being a movie star with not being a movie star.
I'm definitely a ham for the paparazzi.
I'm an actor; I have an ego that is sometimes disproportionate to the reality of the situation.
