Spotlight Quotes

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren't even pausing to consider an option other than lying.

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.

The cardinal rule for any performer is that they should know themselves before they enter the spotlight, and I didn't. I was just Neil and I did what I was supposed to do. I was supposed to get married, so I got married. I was supposed to get a job, so I looked for work.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

Any partying I did, I did at home. I didn't want to be in the spotlight... There's an easy way to get away from the paparazzi; they're not that difficult to hide from and you don't need to go out for coffee every five minutes.

The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.

What happens when your dream comes true - when the spotlight is on and then it moves away?

By the end of an intense four years at UCLA, I had co-authored a new math proof, which the media, in fact, loved. As it turned out, math itself blazed my entry back into the spotlight and consequently into wonderful acting jobs like 'The West Wing' and others. You just never know, do you?

As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes.

A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on me.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

I'm not telling people where to give money, but if there is to be a spotlight shed on me, then I'd like to direct that spotlight onto causes I think are worthy or onto interesting, progressive figures.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.

I liked being in the spotlight.

The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

I don't really get shaken very much. People could heckle me, a spotlight could go out, I could forget a lyric... I'm not operating on somebody's brain, you know what I mean? So I just think it's all funny.

The studio is meant to be always a place where, first of all, they can be out of spotlight, and second, where they could work with a peer group on parts that they might not have played otherwise.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.