Ne-Yo Quotes

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

There's Madeleine, and then there's 'Madeleine Albright'. And I sometimes kind of think, who is this person? Once you become 'Madeleine Albright' it doesn't go away.

I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.

There's a personal me, there's an actor me and there's a star me.

I don't know how Hollywood sees me.

My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people.

I never have really become accustomed to the 'John.' Nobody ever really calls me John... I've always been Duke or Marion or John Wayne. It's a name that goes well together, and it's like one word - John Wayne.

All that stuff - 'teen idol' - that wasn't me.

I don't feel like an icon; I don't think of myself as an icon.

I hate to consider myself a celebrity.

It's weird to be called a celebrity or talk about it. I don't talk about being a celebrity in my business meetings. I don't talk about it with my friends. It's not a part of my life. It's a media perception of who I am.

For me, I walk a line of fame and infamy. I walk the line of celebrity and non-celebrity.

I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

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

It's strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines, because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.

My name is real, which probably explains why I never became a superstar... how would that look in lights?

I've always resisted the idea of becoming a David Hasselhoff, and I hope I'm still resisting it.

And people say it all the time: 'You're a celebrity.' No, I'm an actor. I'm a producer. I'm a director. I'm a toad. I'm roadkill. I'm anything but a celebrity.

I think people I'm close to find it absolutely crazy that I'm famous.

I didn't want the words 'Spider-Man' attached to my name in any shape or form. Especially a singing one.

That's what fame does to you. You acquire another self.

You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!

People recognize me - but if you've been in the public eye as long as I have and people don't recognize you, I feel bad about myself.

That's a funny thing, fame. People definitely do treat you differently. When you begin to be successful, people say, 'Don't go changing.' Well, that's easy to say, but the fact is, you don't change at all - other people do.