Rozonda Thomas Quotes

If you want to be famous because you do something well or badly, be it singing while fat or hitting balls of various shapes and hues, you have to be prepared to divulge. We live in the age of the chronic overshare.

Getting an audience requires luck as well as talent. Some artists are private and shy. It costs them too much.

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly. David Blaine is an example of someone who's better at self-promoting than me. He is much better than I am.

To pursue a career in Hollywood you have to have a personality bypass. Look at the top 20 stars in the world - there's probably only two actors among them. Hollywood's not about you as an actor. It's about your currency, what you 'bring to the table'. And I've never been one to jump through hoops for anyone.

I'm not really listed anywhere; I don't know how people find me!

If people want to see you, they'll find you. If they don't see you on TV, they'll find you on the Internet.

Ultimately, I think it's just going to get you that exposure, get you in that door, get you that recognition that will hopefully get you opportunities.

I don't do anything for press.

I feel media is important when you are showcasing your work, as people need to know what you are doing.

It's all been guerrilla warfare trying to get my name out there.

VISIBILITY - You've got to find a way to make people know you're there

You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become.

Not surprisingly, there is a cultural divide between American and British actors regarding the self-promotion associated with new media.

You have to be careful not to get overexposed.

Everybody these days wants to be a star, including myself. Don't get me wrong, I'm a chef but you want to market yourself and your projects.

In my life, I don't need to have my face plastered everywhere. It's not really something I want.

I like to be able to come and go as I please, and I don't really like having my face and name plastered around. I think it's a bit weird to have your name plastered on every page in a magazine, where in each case you're using a different piece of equipment.

It's just madness. First email. Then instant message. Then MySpace. Then Facebook. Then LinkedIn. Then Twitter. It's not enough anymore to 'Just do it.' Now we have to tell everyone we are doing it, when we are doing it, where we are doing it and why we are doing it.

In contemporary art culture, where good looks and clever strategic planning of art careers have become a feature, professional practice may be taught in art schools like a branch of public relations or political science.

You know how there are some stars out there who know how to market themselves? I don't have that.

I don't want to be too over-exposed, but then at the same time I don't want to be too out-of-sight-out-of-mind.

I've accepted I can't rely on my work alone; I must market myself. The truly spectacular roles do go to the girls who actively promote their popularity.

I'm a walking billboard. That's my pleasure.

Marketing is what gets you noticed, and that side of it something - this side of it, if you like, doing interviews - is the side of it that I least enjoy, and yet is 50% of the project.

Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.