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.
When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me.
I personally chose to go vegan because I educated myself on factory farming and cruelty to animals, and I suddenly realized that what was on my plate were living things, with feelings. And I just couldn't disconnect myself from it any longer. I read books like 'Diet for a New America' and saw documentaries like 'Earthlings' and 'Meet your Meat,' and it became an easy choice for me.
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.
There is no art without intention.
I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me.
Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.
The reason we go to poetry is not for wisdom, but for the dismantling of wisdom
Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game are too vague or too complicated, however, the audience can lose its urge to play; the prize no longer seems quite worth the hunt.
After one has abandoned a belief in God, poetry is that essence which takes its place as life's redemption.
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