Tom Lehrer Quotes

With the whole supermodel thing, even when you're not really modeling anymore, people still call me that. And I'm like '... retired.'

Yeah I grew up in the public eye. I became a man in the public eye, which is kind of a bizarre thing to come to terms with. Now I'm in my late 20s and I was in my early 20s when I became recognizable. But I think 'Moneyball' represents a very strong shift in my career and becoming an adult and a man.

People know you as an actor, and labels are so comfortable for people. That syndrome is always hard to get past.

I don't think any rapper can go back. You can be a car salesman, a bank teller - I mean, really good jobs, and people are still gonna look at you and be like, 'You used to rap; what happened?'

I don't want to be 'Brynn from 'The Voice'' forever.

I am a very positive person, but you don't get taught how to deal with the end of your career. Never.

I hate the word celebrity. I'm not a celebrity, I'm an actor.

I want to be an actor - I don't want to be a celebrity. They are two different things, and people have forgotten that they are different.

I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.

It's better to not have a reputation than a bad one.

The heartthrob thing came in the late 1960s, and to be honest, it was fun! But I was very aware that well-known actors are two people - who you are and who other people think you are. Life only gets tricky if you confuse the two.

Very early on, you figure out that you put your self-esteem in the hands of strangers. There's a different commodity. There's the Helena Bonham Carter that everyone thinks they know, who really has nothing to do with me. But you just have to let that go.

I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.

When you say you are a gamer and you are a celebrity or a former celebrity there's a grain of salt that everybody takes that with.

I'm not really interested in the celebrity themselves. I'm interested in the perception of the celebrity.

There's a definite responsibility that comes with being famous. You shouldn't be able to just dress up and look pretty.

The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.

I want people to know me through the movies I do. I want to be judged on that. If you start becoming famous for your personal life, that's when your career goes away.

There's a gap between people knowing what I do and really believing that I still do that - and wondering what it is I really do.

I guess because people are more aware of who I am, they're going to wonder about my personal life.

I have a lot of trouble understanding how people see me as a celebrity. I work 14 hours a day, and then I just want to talk to my family, see the people I love, pet my dog, and go to bed. I'm not looking to be best friends with or emulate a celebrity.

I feel very strong as an individual, but as a famous footballer I know I am prone to certain things. All the media have a continuous interest for me. It varies from once a year to every day interest.

It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'