Tom Hanks Quotes

I am not afraid if people think Matt LeBlanc in 'Episodes' is who I am - my friends and family know who I am.

The Beatles exist apart from myself. I am not really Beatle George. Beatle George is like a suit or shirt that I once wore on occasion, and until the end of my life, people may see that shirt and mistake it for me.

My experience of being on the public platform got more multi-faceted, multi-dimensional, and my place in the public eye, I think, has always been a little more than just what is going on in that time in my life.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing.

I like to think that I'm not as ominous in real life.

I can't think of my life without Donna Reed. She has been such an enormous influence on my life.

People know me as 'Wipeout Girl' or 'Mercury Girl.' They never know my name, and sometimes, maybe that's a good thing.

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are pretty, or good, or well-bred, or graceful, or intelligent, but because they are themselves.

I've spent various periods of my career being thought of as various things, various degrees of substance and ideas.

If all I'm remembered for is being a good basketball player, then I've done a bad job with the rest of my life.

I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are our words. They're what people meet.

I've never lived my life in the opinion of others. I believe I'm a good person. I believe I'm a good mom. But that's for my kids to decide, not for the world.

I'm quite looking forward to the fact that people know me as Richard rather than Craig.

My public persona is badly warped and bears little resemblance to the person those closest to me know.

The one thing I've always said: Let your family and close friends be the judge of who you are as a person. Don't worry about being judged by others who don't know you, because your family and close friends know what you're all about, good and bad.

When I am spotted somewhere, it means that my characterizations haven't covered up Eleanor Parker the person. I prefer it the other way around.

The image you see of me out in public is really different from who I am in real life.

I've been around long enough for people to know who I am and what my contributions are. They know me as more than just an artist. I think they know me as a woman as well.

Circumstances made me the theatrical personality I am, which many people believe is also a part of my personal life.

Pink is what I do. Alecia is who I am. The world has taken Pink and turned it into this thing, a brand - a snarl.

Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.

When you become a public figure, you still think, 'That's really not me; there's more to me than that.'

Sometimes I like to think it would be nice if you just had a character, and your personal life was your personal life. My life is definitely out there, you know?

My public image is absolutely not a fair reflection of who I am.