I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic.
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set
I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something.
The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere.
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well.
Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different.
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.
The women who don't seek attention are usually the women you need to be giving your attention to.
Haters are just confused admirers.
I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention.
People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more.
The shy and the extroverted have this in common — that they both fancy they are the center of attention.
It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be.
Sixty million people died in the Second World War. World War II was a gigantic crime. We condemn it all. We are against bloodshed, regardless of whether a crime was committed against a Muslim or against a Christian or a Jew. But the question is: Why among these 60 million victims are only the Jews the center of attention?
From a stupidly young age I was always involved in anything, whether it be a nativity play or little kids plays. Wherever it was, I was involved and I think it was because more than anything, I wanted to be the center of attention.
More than his exterior hit me. I felt warm and safe just being with him. He brought comfort after my terrible day. So often with other people I felt a need to be center of attention, to be funny and always have something clever to say. It was a habit I needed to shake. But with him I never felt like I had to be anything more than what I already was. I didn’t have to entertain him or think up jokes or even flirt. It was enough to just be together, to be so completely comfortable in each other’s presence—we lost all sense of self-consciousness.
I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me.
I think that I always loved being the centre of attention!
Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french.
Its really hard to go out knowing that you are going to be the center of attention just about anywhere you go and that its not going to be in a positive way.
I think it's tough when you're very young and you maybe fall for the celebrity and being the center of attention.
The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention.
I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting
We're creating a TV show of Scrooge, starring Jamie Farr, with Buddy Hackett as Scrooge. We're shooting in this Victorian set for weeks, and Hackett is pissed all the time, angry that he's not the center of attention, and finally we get to the scene where we've gotta shoot him at the window, saying, "Go get my boots," or whatever. The set is stocked with Victorian extras and little children in Oliver kind of outfits, and the director says, "All right, Bud - just give it whatever you want." And Hackett goes off on a rant. Unbelievably obscene.
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