Andrew Sean Greer Quotes

In the studios days, the public's perception of movie stars was much different, because the stars were so much less exposed. This made them seem more special, more unearthly. Today they're no longer perceived as different - they've become human, so to speak.

I'm so not a celebrity.

I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.

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.

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

Celebrity is a word I take great umbrage with. I'm actively anti-celebrity.

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

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 to say, my celebrity is not a big factor in my life. Once in a while someone takes my picture. But I'm not exactly one of the four girls everyone's chasing at the moment.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.

As young, hot actors living in Hollywood, you get even more attractive.

Celebrities, movie stars and rock stars are losing their mystique.

I still get excited about meeting celebrities, because I don't think I'm a celebrity myself.

For me, becoming a celebrity was like being in the eye of a hurricane. Suddenly, I was an international cover girl. Everybody was lapping up my Hemingwayness. They wanted to rub elbows with me or brush up against me.

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.

It's a hard thing for me to wrap my mind around the C word: celebrity. Rock stars are celebrities because they're larger than life. As an actor, you have to play the everyman and the everygirl. If you start treating people in the real world like assistants, that's not a good look. But my friends keep me grounded.

The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

I don't consider myself a celebrity. That would be kind of sad.

Celebrity is absolutely preposterous. Entertainment seems to be inflating. It used to be the punctuation to your life, a film or a novel or a play, a way of celebrating a good week or month. Now it feels as if it's all punctuation.

As an athlete, I was never really comfortable with being a celebrity.

I've never been enamoured by the idea of being a celebrity.

The term 'celebrity' makes my skin crawl.

I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.