Paul Stanley Quotes

Actors should shut up about politics. They tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cosy up to some flavour of-the-month liberal.

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.

I think celebrities have an obligation to the public to not just sing or act.

On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.

I truly believe that people like myself, who are in a position of entertainers in the limelight, should keep their mouth shut on politics.

People have always tut-tutted about actors stepping out of line politically. And I can sort of see it because what you've got your fame for is not being someone who can influence things, so it's cheating.

There comes a time in every political convention where I eat my words.

Our job is to bash the President.

I think people can't say anymore, 'Celebrities should keep their political opinions to themselves,' because we elected a reality TV star, so I think that's off limits.

I hate the idea that people should listen to what actors have to say on certain issues more than anyone else. Actors have no more right to be heard than anyone.

When you see celebrities say, 'I hope the economy bottoms out to get rid of Trump,' I think that helps Trump.

I love The Rock. I never want him to be president.

Celebrities have a platform, and people listen to them. And there's a lot of people that we are able to touch, who aren't watching activists and aren't watching the news, that are watching what celebrities say.

It's hard to talk about politics in a Hollywood world.

What gets me is when celebrities aren't allowed to have an opinion on anything political. There's the whole 'Shut up and sing' thing.

Who really cares what a celebrity thinks on a given issue?

I have always hated celebrities lecturing people on politics.

In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.

I understand that show business people can wear the public a bit thin when it comes to politics. I know they wear me thin.

You should never ask actors about politics.

Artists like Justin Bieber or Lady Gaga have more sway over popular minds than a politician.

I'm very interested in politics, and I feel TV is a more political medium than film.

If any of the beautiful people plan to vote for the president, they usually keep their secret to themselves.

Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.

I'm a Hollywood pinhead; I don't know about political labels.