I don't feel sorry for people in the public eye getting eyed by the public.
If you are the person who gets the lion's share of attention in good times, guess what: you get the lion's share of attention in bad times.
It's a weird thing to say you want people to be sick of your song, but I guess that's what happens if your song goes really well.
Fame isolates people from reality. That happens to many artists, and I don't want it to happen to me.
In the end, Dan Rather's legend skewered him, CBS and the craft of journalism.
I think our culture has gotten so skewed. People assume that because you're an actor you want to write a book to exploit your celebrity, but my celebrity is only a byproduct of me making movies. I have no intention of being a celebrity.
With fame I become more and more stupid, which of course is a very common phenomenon.
My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor, and if fame follows suit, that's fine.
After 'Breaking Bad,' people are very frightened of who I am. They back away from me on the street.
I had now made about 45 pictures, but what had I become? I knew all too well: a phallic symbol. All over the world I was, as a name and personality, equated with sex.
You cannot fight against it. There's a price you have to pay for fame, and people who don't want to pay that price can get in trouble. I accepted the idea of celebrity because of a French expression: 'You cannot have the butter and the money for the butter.'
There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella.'
I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.
I hate that word. It's return--a return to the millions of people who've never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
Skating was put on the map, supposedly from me Everybody made a life and a livelihood, um, except me.
My lifestyle, my life, everything has changed because of this show. Has it made me look different? Yes, it's changed everything for me, everything from this show. And I cannot thank every single part of 'Sons of Anarchy' enough.
There are people that have watched everything I've done, which is so sweet. Sometimes I'm grateful for that; sometimes I feel like I have to apologize.
People don't remember my work in my earlier films, as 'PKP' has been etched forever in their minds. So, I get similar kind of roles.
The bad part about being recognized is that when I walk into a restaurant and sit down, I've got to eat everything on the plate, whether it's good or bad. People would take it as an insult if I did otherwise.
When you get a certain amount of media attention, I think people are like, "Where's your other album?"
'Napoleon Dynamite' blew up my career.
It's very difficult once you've been on telly because people know what you do. They give you a little bit of grace but then they're harsher if you're not funny, so you have to be funny.
People who write finely must not expect to be left in repose; they will be molested with thanks, at least.
To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.
If Brad Pitt walked down the street, cars would crash into each other. I'm really lucky not to have to deal with that.
