Britt Daniel Quotes

I don't think about being a public persona too much - I just get on with what I'm doing.

I don't want to become a brand and I certainly don't want to have a persona.

I think what people see in me is one slice of who I am. It does permeate my life in the sense that I don't like to be told what to do, or how to be, or how I can do it. But I'm probably a lot tamer than people would expect.

For most people, I'm just Alice. But I don't mind. Now, if I were Alice the ax murderer, then I'd hate it.

I've got this brilliant thing where I go, 'I'm Robbie Williams', and people are interested in what I want to say - which is amazing because I'm just an idiot from Stoke-on-Trent.

I guess I am famous in a way. I would rather consider it recognizable - I think that is more logical. I don't feel famous.

I'm not a 'celebrity'. I'm not a big huge star and so when people see me it's usually to talk about something I've done and that's a great conversation to have.

I think some people who go into public life, if they go in needing the applause of thousands, they're never going to work out successfully in the end, because they don't know who they are apart from the crowds.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

What's important to me is people just being people.

I don't consider myself a celebrity and I don't consider myself a star.

I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless entity; I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Muppets or something like that.

I've never really had a media edifice supporting me.

I don't feel comfortable with the kind of celebrity that has come my way - and I'm not very good at it, either.

I have never felt that the one thing that I am 'known for' is what I am.

I don't make a concerted effort to distinguish myself as Duncan D. Hunter versus Duncan Hunter. I just do my own thing. That's good enough for me.

You won't see me on Barbara Walters; Oprah, that's not who I am.

What most people do is try to find a comfortable persona that they're in alignment with and the public likes and appreciates them for.

I'm 'That Guy.' That's what most people call me, and I'm fine with that.

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

I have never been interested in presenting myself.

I'm used to the public knowing me, knowing about me.

I've been cast as myself so many times, I guess I should catch on and figure out if it's a compliment.

I want to represent my name to the fullest: Ginuwine.

The only difference is that I'm a celebrity, and I'm shown to the world. Apart from that, I think I'm like most women my age.