Media Fame Quotes

Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.

I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.

Television doesn't make stars. It's the written media, the press, that makes stars.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I've always wanted to do what I'm doing for the news, but I hate the idea of being some sort of celebrity.

I chose the Egyptian dream: the dream to make a TV show, and then be called an infidel by the end.

I think the word 'celebrity' is stupid.

I did a series in Britain years ago called 'Skins,' and I remember my little sister telling me that I had a Wikipedia page that was talking about me. But then it got deleted because on Wikipedia anyone can write stuff, right? So I think that it got sabotaged. But this is years ago, so it got taken down. I don't think it exists anymore.

America gave me the great glory of coming into people's homes every week and allowed me to last as long as I have.

I don't find my life that interesting. The shows, maybe. But not me.

It thrills me to get the chance to have my face on 'Inside Edition.'

I have a book! It's called 'How Does She Do It?' and it's 35 years on camera.

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

Actors have become much more savvy about the nature of television celebrity these days. We were not. The kind of celebrity culture that exists now didn't exist in the 1980s.

Every time I tell someone that I'm doing 'Spooks,' they're like, 'Wow!' That's a guaranteed reaction. It's such a high-end show, it's so sexy and slick and smooth.

In my house, neither my wife nor my daughter are impressed that I'm on television, and they remind me of that frequently.