Richard Greenberg Quotes

I can go out in public without being recognized. If I want to be recognized in public, it will happen.

I wish there was a switch that I could flip, where no one knows me. And then, when I'm ready to make a splash, I'd flip the switch and say, 'Hey, I'm ready now.' Unfortunately, that doesn't happen.

Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

I think it's totally up to the individual if they'd like a private life or if they'd like to be in the public eye - it's a choice you can make.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'. I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

I think I'm less anonymous than I was.

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

It must be odd, being recognizable. I would hate to lose that anonymity.

I don't know if I'll ever get used to the idea that strangers know who I am. I don't know if I want to.

I'm not quite as anonymous as I was.

I love that people can't place me. They don't know my name. That's 'mission accomplished' in my world.

Privacy matters. Privacy allows us to determine who we are and what we want to be.

I enjoy the idea of being able to sort of flip-flop between being recognized and not being recognized.

I never knew how good it is to be unknown until now. The last time I was unknown I was too busy trying to become known to realize the advantages of obscurity.

What I hate is the loss of anonymity.

One of the reasons I don't do social media is that I like the feeling that if somebody asks me for a picture on the street, I don't have to say yes.

I don't want to be known as somebody that everybody knows about.

It's fascinating to be in a place where no one has ever heard of me.

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours.

If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, live in a city.

The challenge for me as an actor is if you become a celebrity, you don't meet strangers anymore. And strangers are where we have our anonymity. And I believe it's essential for the soul to be anonymous, especially if you're going to be an actor.

My anonymity is something I treasure.

I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't.

After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.

I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere.