If you're going to be honest with yourself, you have to admit that you go into show business wanting people to talk about you and wanting everyone to know who you are. But that also means there are going to be a whole bunch of people who don't like you. No matter who you are.
Interpretation
The quote highlights the dual nature of fame in show business: the desire for recognition comes with the inevitability of criticism.
Ellen Degeneres expresses the inherent contradiction of pursuing a career in show business. While the ambition to be recognized and talked about is a driving force for many, it also opens one up to scrutiny and disapproval from others. This acknowledgment reflects a deeper understanding of the complexities of fame, where admiration and criticism coexist, and one must be prepared for the latter as part of the package of public life.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the challenges of public life.
Now,I'm no scientist,but I know what endorphins are. They're tiny little magical elves that swim through your blood stream and tell funny jokes to each other. When they reach your brain,you hear what they're saying and that boosts your health and happiness. "Knock Knock... Who's There?.. Little endorphin... Little endorphin who?... Little Endorphin Annie." And then the endorphins laugh and then you laugh. See? Its Science.
Find out who you are and be that person. That's what your soul was put on this Earth to be. Find that truth, live that truth and everything else will come.
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If you want to test cosmetics, why do it on some poor animal who hasn't done anything? They should use prisoners who have been convicted of murder or rape instead. So, rather than seeing if perfume irritates a bunny rabbit's eyes, they should throw it in Charles Manson's eyes and ask him if it hurts.
I think beauty comes from actually knowing who you are. That's real beauty to me.
The moment of creative impulse is what an artist gives you. You look at a Pollock, and it can't give you the tools to do a painting like that yourself, but in doing the work, Pollock shares with you the moment of creative impulse that drove him to do that work.
I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music… but the message is still there.
Happy are the painters, for they shall not be lonely.
Cooking is the art of adjustment.
The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.
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