Mike Colter Quotes

As long as I've been doing Ghost, at least, I've been very keen on maintaining not necessarily an anonymity but a low profile. But on the other hand, I spent 25 years not doing Ghost, where, 20 of those years, I wanted to be nothing but a famous rock musician.

Anonymity is the fame of the future.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

Yeah, ideally, I'd probably wish to be more anonymous. But scrutiny and success go together. And I want to be successful.

In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

I used to hate being recognised.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

I have no desire to be famous at all.

I enjoyed every moment, but we'd been everywhere, done everything. I wanted to get back to being just Dave Clark, not Dave Clark Celebrity.

I'm not the guy trying to be all up in the videos and be a celebrity. I feel like I'm going to lose a certain amount of my privacy if I do that.

I seem to be able to go from part to part without being recognised, which I like. When I was little, I resented it with every fibre of my being when Ma was recognised. Another way of looking at celebrity, though, is it's being famous for being brilliant at something.

I don't want to be famous.

I did everything I could to remain anonymous for as long as possible.

I have no desire to be famous, definitely not.

I enjoy the idea of being able to sort of flip-flop between being recognized and not being recognized.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

I like the way that different people recognise me for the roles I done.

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.

I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way.

A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.

It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.