I can't say that I knocked on every door, but the few that I did didn't respond the way I wanted them to, so I think it was kind of disenchanting enough for me to go back to being subterranean.
You send missionaries among us to teach us your ways, and when we do so, we meet immovable discrimination.
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In the end, a small section of the crowd, maybe 2,000 to 3,000, turned against me. And that was it. Inside the club they know your best intentions, but the minority shout louder than the rest.
The negative reactions to 'The Number of the Beast' were strange. When we wrote it, we never expected anything like that.
Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.
When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.
I don't mind about the boos from the audience.
Anywhere we go in the States, people know we're from out of town: like, we stick out like sore thumbs. People are like, 'Freaks! Go cut your hair!' and whatever. It's a little weird.
The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.
Nice to see your home fans boo you. That's what loyal support is.
Did I ever get booed? I don't think I ever got booed.
I think I was pretty much hated in France. The French press ignored me. There was a movement when the children of celebrities faced strong animosity.
Not everybody is comfortable with my ethnicity. When I first came along in the business, they didn't really like the idea of my name being Raquel.
When you're initially a heel, it's easier to be a heel. I'd rather people hate me than try to get them to love me.
I got a lot of very bad hate on social media from some people from my school. I think people thought I changed because they saw me on TV. They weren't close enough to know that I was still the same human being... When I walked at graduation, I got booed. It was kind of stupid.
I've had every kind of humiliation, from playing in Gala Bingo halls to doing a PA in a Glaswegian nightclub and having cans of lager thrown at me.
I'm telling you, every film I've ever made has been hated by the U.K. critics.
Difficulty is when you go to a place where the people don't like you, they put a burden on you like what happened to me in Olympiakos.
The idea of exposing the British public to the full breadth of my personality isn't a good one.
