At a certain point, if you work really hard and you get good and people like your work, you do deserve the fame – but you shouldn’t take it for granted. – Jon Lovitz
If I’m doing a play, 30 to 40 percent of the people that come to the stage door have pictures of ‘Alien’ for me to autograph. And usually, the photos are pretty gory ones. – John Hurt
I always imagine the world and myself above it and how minute one negative person’s voice is in comparison to the amount of people that are in the world. – Jessie J
I think a lot of the people who write about me think that if they had to write fewer interviews then they would transcribe their life-story and it would be a big success. Or should be. – Jay McInerney
I grew up very nice. But after college, my father said you’re on you own. So I was dead broke for years. So I know what it’s – I lived on 600 dollars a month for six years. I know what it’s like to be dead broke. I feel bad for people who are struggling now. – Jon Lovitz
Now, modern economies have a very effective mechanism for deciding if salaries are really too high: it’s called the free market. That’s how most people’s salaries are set, after all, including those of major-league baseball players and European soccer players. – James Surowiecki
Whatever else I do before finally I go to my grave, I hope it will not be looking after young people. – John Thorn
People want to be creatively satisfied, and having fun is such an important part of that. – John Lasseter
If you want to stop illegal immigration, you have to make it so that – so that the people that hire the illegal immigrants will not be in a position to hire them. – Jesse Ventura
There’s something about the modern era where it’s very hard to transgress – we’re all so online, easier to track by mobile phone – so you have people who do it on your behalf. – Irvine Welsh
That which makes people dissatisfied with their condition, is the chimerical idea they form of the happiness of others. – James Thomson
I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually. – Jacqueline Bisset
Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people’s faces and the accent in their voices where you might be. – Jason Mraz
When times are tough, people want to escape to somewhere fantastic without having to pay actual escape-to-somewhere-fantastic cash. And offering a couple of hours away from the ordinary is what the movies do best. – John Ridley
I don’t mind if people are saying nasty things about me behind my back – I just don’t want to know about them. – Jamie Campbell Bower
The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one. – Joan Baez
I don’t have a lot of stomach for people who don’t show up to a set knowing their lines because you’re keeping 150 people waiting. – Julianna Margulies
I learned my lesson early in my career that it’s not helpful to go and look at what other people’s opinions are. – Jenny Slate
One of the reasons inequality gets so deep in this country is that everyone wants to be rich. That’s the American ideal. Poor people don’t like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank they don’t like to think of themselves as poor. – Jay-Z
People do see me as sweet and innocent. Not to say that I am not those things. But I have other sides to me. – Janet Jackson
Whenever I’m reading a book I enjoy, I always develop a mental list of the people I want to share it with. – Jeannette Walls
Because somebody plays guitar, why does it mean they need a singer? Because people already have this image of things? No, I’ll put my music together, then think about whether I need to embellish it with a singer. – Jimmy Page
When I see something that’s sensitive, I go, ‘You’ve got to put that out there.’ You need to keep the dialogue going and shine a light on the bad guys. If you sweep it under the carpet, people forget about it. People stop talking about it. – Jeff Ross
What people need to know is that if you don’t eat what you want, then you’ll just continue to eat, because you’re not fulfilled. – Jennifer Hudson
I think, like most people, we are familiar with Aquaman. We grew up reading or watching this character on the peripheral. I was never so in depth with Aquaman as, let’s say, I was with X-Men. – James Wan
I’ve gotten emails from people who purchased items from an infomercial, only to find out that the shipping was more expensive than the item itself. The lesson: If you truly want to order something you see on TV, go online to the product’s website and see if you can find out more information. – Jean Chatzky
There’s something about being with a group of people who become like family that must be needed in society. – Jacqueline Bisset
I don’t argue when people say that my message is simple, but I believe Jesus’ message was simple. – Joel Osteen
We’ve seen how grassroots journalism by blogs has had an impact at various points politically, as ordinary people have amplified stories that were being ignored by the traditional press. – Jimmy Wales
People would look at me weird. You know, like, ‘Why is this guy’s hands always in his pockets?’ But I was embarrassed by the size of my hands. – Jerry Rice
