David Beckham Quotes

Some critics saw fit to say that I was a great actress. I thought that was a foolish, wicket thing to say because it put such an onus and such a responsibility onto me, which I simply wasn't able to carry.

The hard part about getting much attention is that people start dissecting what you do.

We're entertainers, while people want us to be gods.

It's true I'm more widely recognised now and get invited to take part in all sorts of events and projects but as a person, I haven't changed.

I watched artists who blew up before me become parodies of themselves. I wasn't listening to people when they told me that I had nothing to say, and I can't listen to people now when they tell me I'm the bomb, even though I want to.

I've always tried to be the same person I was before I won Wimbledon, but it has been very difficult.

The most important thing is to stay humble because there are always people telling you that you're this and that you're going to do that.

That worried me early on in my career - that I would change. If I went to New York or Los Angeles that I would become somebody I wouldn't like. That person that gets a big head and starts thinking they're more special than anyone else. I never wanted to be that person.

There are a lot of spikes that can happen when what you're doing starts to get attention or people start to talk about it. They can just kind of really do a number on your reasons for making music.

I wasn't thinking so much of music. I wasnt thinking so much of perfection or stardom or any of that stuff.

Once your name gets out, people just want to crack you.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'

A lot of people have been quite surprised with the stuff that I'm doing on my own, which shocks me because I've always known what I wanted to do. But people have only seen me with the Spice Girls, so I suppose it's not that surprising.

A lot of people, they want you to be a one-hit wonder.

If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.

Sometimes with success comes some crazy that goes along with it.

I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody.

You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.

I think the worst thing that can happen to a good actor is fame.

I think that, in the beginning, you think, 'I want to be the biggest movie star in the world.' And then, with the more movies you make, you are like, 'I don't know if I want to be that anymore. I think what I am looking for is something different.' I like acting, but a lot of times, stardom comes with a lot of strings attached.

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

But once you become successful, everyone has an idea of what you should do.

If people are talking about me, I want it to be because of the work I'm doing and not the person I'm seeing.

I think the measure of your success to a certain extent will be the amount of things written about you that aren't true.