Enduring Popularity Quotes

You never write a theme for a movie thinking, 'This will live forever.'

I have always regarded Mr. Bean as a timeless, ageless character, and I would rather he be remembered as a character mostly in his 30s and 40s.

It's funny the way most people love the dead. Once you are dead, you are made for life.

It's funny how most people love the dead, once you're dead, you're made for life.

Such films that the audiences remembers 10-15 years after they released come by rarely.

Good music will always be recognized in the end.

People start panicking because they think it's the end of everything. But the fact is, you know, books survived movies; books survived TV. Books are surviving manga and anime. Books will always be there in one form or another. You just have a larger palette of entertainment options.

I don't mind talking about the Dixie Chicks, because I feel like it's still alive and kicking.

I mean, I do love clever and witty, but I think that the 'Three Stooges' were geniuses. They'd have to be for their appeal to have lasted this long.

We're a staple in the American music culture. Like us or not, we're here to stay.

Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.

Being eternally known as Bond has no downside.

I'm delighted people still enjoy my music all these years later.

There's a reason Archie didn't go the way of Betty Boop or Davy Crockett or Woody Woodpecker, forgotten relics of a bygone era, and it's because when 'Archie' stories are at their best, anyone of any age can see a little bit of themselves in them.

The Simpsons can go anywhere in the world and not worry about any budgetary issues. However, even when the show has had its run, I think the characters can go on in perpetuity.

You hope people are going to be listening to you after you're gone. And they like you better after you're gone.

People of a certain age still remember me as Edna Garrett. They often want to give me a hug because the character was so warm and nurturing. I don't mind at all. I think it's very nice.

We've been fortunate. 'Push It' will never die.

Why does 'I Love Lucy' still make people laugh? Because she's a specific character who has real reactions.

Over the years, I have attended comic book conventions and met people that are die-hard fans; they'll come up and say, 'Clue' is my favorite movie of all time.' It has definitely resonated in some way with people and just continued to build up over the years considerably.

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

Two thousand years from now they'll still be hearing about Elvis Presley.

When I think of bands that have maintained a certain level of success all along - Metallica, or the Red Hot Chili Peppers - no matter what anybody thinks about them, you have to look at them and say, 'Wow, those guys operated under the most pressure.'

I don't get sick of 'MMMBop' in any way shape or form, and I don't know why I would.

I want to be one of the greats. I feel like the money and all that is going to come, but I want to be a name that, like, when you say Nas or Jay Z, that's forever.