Attention Quotes

We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us.

The kinds of shows that seem to work now, the comedy shows, are those which require very little attention. They're superficial and I like articulate comedy.

I'm terribly attention-seeking. It's very different once you get all this attention, though. Because then you want to control it. And you can't exactly.

For to change the norms, the very foci of attention, of a cultural system is a difficult task - far more complex than that of changing an individual's attitudes and interests.

A lot of actors just do whatever they do, and wherever the camera is, it is. They don't pay much attention, but I always did. I was always very close to the camera crew. They were my best buddies, no matter what movie or show I was doing.

According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.

You have to pay a lot of attention to what's important, what's permanent, what's real.

Tiger is the greatest thing that's happened to the tour in a long time. He has brought incredible attention to golf at a time of year when football and the World Series always take precedence. Everything I've heard about him seems to be true.

Acting is something that I always wanted, but I never paid attention to the notion that it might actually work out. You have all sorts of ideas about what you want to do - at one stage, I wanted to be a jockey - but this is the one that's a big deal.

When it comes to helping out, I don't believe in doing it for the media attention. My goal is to support the organizations that need help.

I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone.