Tim Minchin Quotes

I think it's way harder when you have success, 'cause people tend to not treat you the same or look at you the same because they see the success or the money you make.

He who goes unenvied shall not be admired.

Critics or musicians who attack me are jealous of my success and the fact that I make people feel so happy.

If you get 'hot,' everyone's nice to you.

There have been interviews with people saying they are jealous of Kangana. There are so many people who are jealous of my success.

Give me a celebrity, I'll give you your haters. Some people shine, and some people don't like when they shine. Ask Barack Obama - he'll tell you.

Duke has a lot of haters, but I know it means you're doing something right if they're hating you.

When you have haters, you're doing something right.

That's what happens in Hollywood. People are like, 'I want to hate you, because everyone else seems to love you.' But the reality is this: I'm a simple person who's not interested in attention and who just wants to go about her business.

The penalty of success is to be bored by people who used to snub you.

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn't that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.

How much better a thing it is to be envied than to be pitied.

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

The penalty of success is to be bored by the attentions of people who formerly snubbed you.

Fools may our scorn, not envy raise, For envy is a kind of praise.

When you get haters you actually feel like you're a success.

When you're succeeding, and you're doing something right... As I've got haters, I know I'm doing something right.

People like to gossip about people who are successful.

Everybody on top has a ton of haters.

When I was 20, I wanted to be famous and win a Grammy and have people respect and love me.

If I hadn't been part of '3 Idiots,' I would have felt bloody jealous.

One thing I learned from my old man is that people are going to be happy for you, but not too happy. When the tables are turned and you're hanging out on top with a guy like Randy Orton, who is in the main event at Wrestlemania, not all the guys are going to like you.

As soon as you get a certain amount of attention, then everybody kinda wants to start taking pot shots at you. All your old friends that supported you don't support you any more.

Judi Dench should be ashamed of herself for being so talented and working so much.

You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.