Siddharth Shukla Quotes

I try to be known more for my work than for anything else.

He works his business and manipulates and keeps himself in front of the world.

I will let the work I've done speak for me.

My work should speak, not being spotted on Page 3.

Promotion is necessary and it has to be done. I am not shying away from promotion, but going to cities and malls and raising your hands like a stupid guy is not required.

Your work should do the talking and define who you are. That's the mantra I follow.

I understood public relations and always maintained a high profile.

People want to get to know you. I don't think America got a chance to know me in that short time.

If I went to them all dressed up and flashed a nice smile for the cameras it would probably be easier for me to get work. But I just can't tolerate it.

Image is the most important thing about someone's career and longevity.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

I know actors who court personal publicity because they believe no publicity is bad publicity.

I have girlfriends in this business who talk about their personal lives, and it works for them, and I love it. But not for me.

I only do the press for the work. I don't have a publicist. I don't go to events or self-promote or endorse things or whatever it is people are meant to do in that world.

I've always just tried to continue to be a working actor and let the work speak for itself as opposed to promoting myself as someone who needs to be in everybody's living room.

My public image is none of my business.

Self-promotion is not my strong suit, for sure. I don't look down on it; I just don't understand how to do it.

I don't do press for the sake of press. I tend to only be in the press when I'm introducing something or collaborating on something or whatever it may be, as opposed to inviting someone into my home to photograph my closet for no particular reason.

I'm not trying to build my own brand.

I'm just going to go out there, pop on my leather gloves, and constantly make connections outside the Octagon, and that will make me bigger in the Octagon.

Whatever I have is because of the people who are watching me. I don't have a PR agency, I don't have a manager, and I don't even have a professional portfolio. People who hire me are people who, just like the audience, have just seen me in a small role here or in an ad there.

Earlier in my career, I wanted to do a lot of things under the radar because I felt uncomfortable in engaging with the fans because then they're thinking, 'Well, you're doing it for publicity,' or whatever.

I don't go running after publicity.

I have a very good reputation in the industry; my work speaks for me.

You know, people are always asking, 'What's your brand?' and, 'What are you all about?' Then you get other people saying, 'You need to do what Connor McGregor does.' But that's not me. That's not who I am. I'm not going to talk trash and build off the bad boy image.