Jonathan Dee Quotes

It's funny, because there are so many stereotypes out there about actors and movie stars in general, but I've had a great opportunity to meet a lot of them, and maybe it's just because they don't behave that way around me, but I rarely see that kind of abuse of power.

'Heathers' was probably the first time when I started to notice that people were opening doors for me and giving me tables at restaurants, regardless of what I was wearing. A whole world opened up to me that was shocking and weird and different, and I enjoyed it, and, you know, I took great advantage of it at times.

I feel like everyone needs to respect Paris Hilton.

Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.

If you take a bunch of superstars and put them in a room where they don't have their assistants and entourage, it's funny to see what happens.

I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.

People don't find the personal lives of people with much, much more power than any celebrity would have - don't find their personal lives interesting.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

It has its perks, being Mrs. Chancellor, and if I have to use it, by golly, I'll use it. I'm through standing in lines at my age.

Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions.

You can go lots of places as Gaius Baltar that other people aren't allowed to pursue.

To be sick is to enjoy monarchical prerogatives.

Celebrity has some amazing advantages, of course it does. You're given an extraordinary power. It's a door-opener. I might not have to queue for things.

You can't arrest me, I'm a rockstar.

The one thing I like about being a celebrity more than anything is being able to get into any restaurant I want.

To have a childhood surrounded by people like Sir Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh sounds glitzy, but for years I wanted to repress it. I couldn't take that kind of power and success.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

If I wasn't the head of a studio, who would talk to me?

People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

Sex and money always prowl in the penumbra of power.

Since I became accidentally famous, it did give me access and, through that access, power that I couldn't just walk away from.

It's amazing how people will treat you better when you're 'somebody.' The minute clerks in a store recognize me, they suddenly rush to take care of me. That irritates me.

The result of being a Kennedy is that I have extraordinary opportunities that I wouldn't otherwise have.

The people who are the most powerful and have the most money sometimes don't value other people.

I was a grown-up when 'celebrity' happened. So I knew exactly what it was like to be in line at a restaurant and watch someone famous walk in and get a table immediately. I knew I didn't like that; I don't want to make somebody else feel the way I felt.