“I'd made pretty clear to the people at Paramount and Dreamworks that, if they wanted Lemony Snicket to comment, he would be completely horrified by the entire film. And as long as they understood that, it was okay. I'm not much of a fan of DVD commentaries myself, so this was my way of getting revenge, in a sense, for all the puffed-up directors and stars who talk endlessly about the self-aggrandizing minutiae of making a movie.” PeopleIfsWayLongMadeSelfWould BeWantedFilmStarsClearFansDirectorsUnderstoodOkayRevengeMy WayCommentCommentaryDvdsParamountMinutiaeSnicketDreamworksGetting Revenge Author:Daniel Handler
“I was never a fan of anything, and yet some people are fans of my books. That's a bit odd. But I like meeting them.” PeopleBookBitsFansMeetingsOdd Author:Daniel Handler
“It's really great that people are seeing me as a credible person. That alone is great. And the fact that people make fan accounts for me and recognize me now sometimes is really strange and cool.” PeoplePersonsSometimesFactsSeeingFansStrangeAccountsReally GreatCredible Author:Alessia Cara
“I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them.” PeopleWantFeelsHomeRememberGuyFiveFansStreetsWalkingJokesComing HomeInvitesAdamRemember WhenSandwichesClicks Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I must say, I am thrilled with my fan base. For some reason some of them are quite young, so they are quite frightened. I remember when I did 'Click' and I'd see Adam Sandler's fan base. He's the guy that people feel that he's their best friend, so he's walking down the street and people sort of high five him and want to tell him a joke or invite him to come home and have a sandwich with them. Mine are not like that. Mine tend to go: 'Argh,' and look horrified. They shake and take a picture from a really long way away. I do feel I've got quite good, respectful ones though.” PeopleWayWantFeelsLooksLongReasonHomeRememberYoungGuyFiveFansStreetsMinesWalkingJokesShakesComing HomeFrightenedInvitesAdamRemember WhenLong WaySandwichesRespectfulClicksReally Long Author:Colin Farrell
“If you're a fan of it, there's a lot of things that plays into what the fans of the series want. If you've never seen them before, a lot of people who have seen it tell me that it's the most accessible of the three. It's a solid story, by itself, and it's more of a sort of action film. When I was watching Twilight the other day, I realized that you do need to read the book to get it.” PeopleIfsWantNeedsBookPlayStoriesActionFilmThreeFansSeriesI RealizedTwilightAction Films Author:Robert Pattinson
“I do feel my fan base, my community understands me and appreciates me very deeply, and that is the wind in my sails to keep doing what I am doing. I know that my work really inspires people and they tell me that all the time, and so that's wonderful.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCommunityWonderfulFansInspireWindAppreciateSailVery DeepUnderstand MeAppreciate Me Author:Ondi Timoner
“I have a fan-base that apparently like you know, people...it's not that they look up to but you have certain figures that, you know, you'd like to be more like and people really love Bella and I do too but I'm not her...I don't think anybody expects me to try to just for the rest of my career appease an audience that once liked "Twilight", you know what I mean?” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingLooksMeanCertainLove IsCareersAudienceFansFiguresLike YouLook UpTwilightAppease Author:Kristen Stewart
“I'll decide to do a movie and then go oh, like "Twilight" fans are probably going to react to this or whatever. But that's always an afterthought. Like I don't plan things out based on other people's opinions of how like I think they're going to receive them. I do it like for the experience.” PeopleThinkingOpinionPlansFansTwilightAfterthought Author:Kristen Stewart
“It's funny when you can actually relate to the fans on a human level and it happens all the time. People assume that's impossible. So when that happens it's a cool thing.” PeopleHumansHappensLevelsImpossibleFansAssumingRelateCool Things Author:Kristen Stewart
“For me, a lot of these actors are new. For me, I only worked with Finn Whittrock and Michael Chiklis. So a lot of these actors are people I've been a huge fan of for years and are bucket-list actors for me to get to work with. It's pretty surreal now getting to step into scenes with them.You all get to find your characters together.” PeopleYearsCharacterTogetherActorsStepsFansHugeSceneListsSurrealBucketsBucket List Author:Matt Bomer
“I love being in the studio and singing on stage and performing. It's so much fun. I love every second of it - and I love the way you get to show who you are. I love the way fans are really passionate around the world, so I adore performing and hearing people sing along in different countries.” PeopleWorldWayDifferentCountryShowsFunLove IsFansStageSingingWho You ArePassionateStudiosHearingAround The WorldPerformingAdoreEvery SecondDifferent CountriesWay I Love You Author:Vanessa Hudgens
“People want you to produce records. They don't care what it took to make it. When a band is out doing concerts, the fans don't want to know about equipment difficulties. They want their hour-and-a-half release, and that's it.” PeopleKnowsWantCareHoursHalfRecordsFansProduceBandDifficultyDon't CareReleaseConcertsEquipment Author:Slash
“Being on the road, the Internet enables me to interact with people in some way. It's not so much interacting with my fans - it's about doing something with what I have. I have my camera and I have my computer, and if I have some spare time, rather than watching some mindless bullshit pop-idol program on TV, why not show people my pictures and try and discuss things that I feel are important?” PeopleIfsWayFeelsTryingImportantShowsFansTvsInternetComputerProgramCamerasPopsWhy NotIdolsBullshitSparesMindlessInteractingSpare Time Author:Lily Allen
“I'm never a fan of the sociopathic kind of reviewing, people who are sort of self-immolating and have social problems or whatever, and let it out in literary-criticism form. I just feel like book reviewing should be respectful and calm and not filled with bile.” PeopleFeelsShouldKindBookSelfProblemFormSocialFansCriticismFilledCalmRespectfulLiterary CriticismSocial ProblemsBe RespectfulBook Review Author:Dave Eggers
“I haven't sworn off Facebook. I'm on Facebook. There's a fan page on Facebook that I will update, but I'm on there myself under a pseudonym, because there were a lot of people able to private-message me on Facebook, and it was getting really weird. And then with MySpace, I just don't read messages. I delete everything, and I just post updates every now and then.” PeopleAbleFansHavensMessagesPagesPostsNow And ThenReally WeirdUpdatesPseudonyms Author:Patton Oswalt
“I update my MySpace every day, I update my Facebook fan page, but that's about the extent of it. I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day. I'm on the phone every day. There's like five people I just call and yak with every single day. And that to me is my Internet. You can replace the Internet with five really smart friends.” PeopleWantFiveFansInternetConversationPagesSmartPhonesReally SmartUpdatesYaks Author:Patton Oswalt
“The digital world has allowed me a connection with my reader that I'd never had before. I didn't meet the people who read my material. The fan letters were mostly answered by professional people that'd done them for a living. And I didn't have any daily connection with their response to my work. I didn't have a relationship with my audience. And every artist should have it.” PeopleWorldShouldDoneArtistAudienceFansMaterialsReaderLettersConnectionsShould HaveResponseDigitalDigital World Author:Berkeley Breathed
“I'm a big fan of London in the summertime. English people are dependent on weather to change our attitudes, and, provided it's a decent summer, everyone's spirits are uplifted and the whole place is in bloom. It's a magical transformation. London in the summer, going to see bands play outside, watching football.” PeoplePlayWholeBigsSpiritAttitudeFansFootballBandSummerTransformationLondonWeatherDecentDependentSummertimeWatching Football Author:Ed Westwick
“I'm a huge fan of the people and things that are considered the epitomes of tastelessness - things like drag and raunchy comedy.” PeopleComedyFansHugeDragEpitome Author:Margaret Cho
“People's instinct when they hear someone is madly obsessed with Star Wars or Harry Potter or something like that, they think that it's odd and not as cool as being a massive sports fan or film nerd. But I think it's amazing and something that should be celebrated and definitely not looked down on or misunderstood.” PeopleThinkingShouldWarFilmStarsSportsFansInstinctOddObsessedMassiveHarry PotterNerdMisunderstoodPottersSports Fan Author:Tom Felton
“For a guy who didn't expect a fan base whatsoever, I'm pretty stoked. People say they don't understand it, and I say that's okay. I don't think anyone can argue that I'm not trying to do my own thing at least.” PeopleThinkingTryingGuyMy OwnFansOkayArguing Author:Aesop Rock
“The only people that recognize me are the hardcore fans, and I always find that really flattering. I think it is super cool.” PeopleThinkingFansFlatteringHardcoreSuper Cool Author:Cassidy Freeman
“I like to connect with people through my work. That's my favorite way - meetings of the minds, fans at a show. Those are nice mediated ways of hanging out.” PeopleWayMindShowsNiceFansMeetingsMy FavoriteHanging OutMeetings Of The Minds Author:Carrie Brownstein
“Does it bother me that some people are burning their own System CDs and taking money out of my pocket? Not really. This has always been about putting the best possible version of the song in the fans hands. It was like selling an artist's painting before he had finished it.” PeopleDoeHandsArtistSongFansPaintingFinishedVersionsSellingBurningBotherPocketsCds Author:Daron Malakian
“I'm a fan of Bill Hicks. He did things that no other stand up did at the time. He was making fun of religion, at that time it was a lot harder to say those things in the States than it was here. To slag off Christianity and fundamentalist Christians, and to be pro drugs and anti gun in the deep south, that's a big ask. And he did that and made it funny. Bill Hicks was able to say things that he really thought, and he managed to make those thoughts funny without a care if it antagonised people.” PeopleIfsMadeStatesBigsCareAbleChristianAsksFunChristianityFansDrugGunHarderBillsSouthMade ItFundamentalistAnti GunHicksSlag Author:Ed Byrne
“My debut album, 'Forget the World,' is all about not listening to the negativity around you and to continue to do what you love, no matter what people think. I love what I do. Dance music is my passion, my life. There is no greater feeling than being one with my fans, partying to the music we love.” PeopleThinkingWorldMatterFeelingsPassionForgetPartyGreaterFansListeningMusic IsNo Matter WhatAlbumsNegativityMy PassionWhat You LoveDebutDance MusicLove No Matter WhatForget The WorldMusic Is My Passion Author:Afrojack
“I hate to toot my own horn but I just feel that I know people and I know fans and I don't feel there is that Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt barrier with me. I've always felt from everyone I talk to that the fans feel like I'm tangible and they can talk to me and they know me.” PeopleKnowsFeelsHateFeltMy OwnFansI HateBarriersKnow MeHornsTangibleTalk To MeBrad Author:Hulk Hogan
“I'm very interested in clans and the way people group together, and there's a lot of group shots. There's a lot of people in positions that people feel like they're in attack mode, kind of pointed at each other in the frame. I'm not a big fan of shooting something that looks like it could belong in any movie, I'm not a fan of okay, "wide shot, wide shot, medium shot, close-up, close-up, we'll figure it out in post." I hate that.” PeopleWayFeelsLooksKindBigsTogetherHateGroupsFansFiguresPositionShotsOkayI HateWideMediumsPostsShootingClans Author:Justin Simien
“For example, I'm a great fan of pornography, but I don't see any reason not to restrict it so that people walking down the street who hate pornography don't have full color pictures outside of movie theaters. Let them be in a different district. I'm kidding about pornography, but you get the point.” PeopleDifferentReasonHateFansStreetsExampleColorWalkingTheaterPornographyMovie TheaterGreat Fans Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“People were always pointing the finger at the fast food industry. And I was a big fan of personal responsibility - you know, no one is forcing you to eat. We're not geese being stuffed with corn.” PeopleKnowsBigsResponsibilityFansIndustryFingersPointingCornPersonal ResponsibilityGeeseFast FoodPointing FingersFood Industry Author:Morgan Spurlock
“I don't like my wrestling or entertainment in general to be too clean or predictable for me as a fan. When I say clean, I'm not talking about dirty jokes, middle fingers and stuff like that. I'm actually not even a big fan of that. A lot of people talk about the attitude era being so great but a lot of it was terrible crap, sex jokes and over-the-top terrible bad comedy. It was Jerry Springer-like. They made a joke about a woman's breasts. Hilarious, but where's the wrestling? I look back on a lot of stuff now, and I'm like where's the wrestling? It's just a lot of crappy jokes.” PeopleLooksMadeBigsSexStuffAttitudeTalkingComedyFansMiddleTerribleJokesCleanFingersEntertainmentErasDirtyBreastsWrestlingCrapPredictableNot TalkingJerryOver The TopMiddle FingerDirty Jokes Author:Dean Ambrose
“People do not understand that what I do on stage is a character, my fans know who I truly am.” PeopleKnowsCharacterFansStage Author:Miley Cyrus
“My deepest apologies to all of our friends, fans and people who have worked on and supported us being a part of this festival, we are sorry for these awful circumstances and you can be certain this will not defeat us.” PeopleCertainFansCircumstancesSorryDefeatAwfulApologyFestivals Author:Blake Judd
“I've begun my career working with older heroes. The people I had been fan of, I now work with them. It's a great opportunity for me.” PeopleOpportunityCareersFansHeroGreat Opportunity Author:Nayantara
“An established property can be a blessing and a challenge. On one hand you have all those fans of the original that you can pick up with and continue on with but then you have a lot of people out there who haven't seen the first and might feel like this isn't a movie for them because of that.” PeopleFeelsFirstsHandsMightChallengesFansHavensBlessingPicksOriginalsProperty Author:Joseph Kosinski
“I'm afraid, as true as love is, it is tested by circumstance and sometimes you don't make the best choices. As much as the fans claim [that] all they want is just want people sitting around and having a nice time together, trust me, you would not be watching the show if there wasn't conflict, if there wasn't drama, if there wasn't jeopardy. And it's not just physical jeopardy, it's romantic jeopardy as well.” PeopleIfsWantWellsSometimesShowsTogetherChoicesLove IsNiceFansCircumstancesDramaConflictSittingClaimsTestedTrust MeSitting AroundJeopardyTime TogetherNice Time Author:Joseph Dougherty
“I am YOUR biggest fan, I love each one of you because of the support that you took to me. I know that people been saying that I do this for money, but I really don't. I do this for YOU, for your loyalty, for everything you've done, you are doing and you'll do in my life. Music has been my whole life since I was 4 years old, but you turned it into a whole experience of happiness. I know that I am not perfect, and maybe I don't worth it to put on your headphones and listen to this 14-years-old wannabe, full of ego and that brag about almost everything, but it's not about that, it's about you” PeopleKnowsLoveLifeYearsHas BeensDoneWholeHappinessPerfectMusicSupportFansEgoLoyaltyWhole LifeWorth ItNot PerfectLife HappinessBragHeadphonesBiggest FanWannabesI Am Not Perfect Author:Maat Morrison
“Many people on the street recognize me and are so positive...I am extremely passionate about helping others get healthy and I never feel bothered when fans stop and want to talk.” PeopleWantFeelsHelpingFansStreetsHealthyPassionateHelping OthersBothered Author:Kim Lyons
“I think that people like the idea that fans are sort of slightly eccentric and strange, but generally I've just found them very creative and warm and cheerful.” PeopleThinkingIdeasFoundCreativeFansStrangeWarmCheerfulEccentric Author:Peter Capaldi
“You have moments where you do appearances and people recognize you and you get fan letters, but that's after you've put in long days rehearsing, filming and for us kids - going to school on the set.” PeopleLongMomentsKidsSchoolFansLettersAppearanceLong DayRehearsing Author:Ken Osmond
“The only people in this world I really trust are my fans - even if they do forget you so fast.” PeopleIfsWorldForgetFansThis WorldForget You Author:Yukio Mishima
“Forget about acquiring new people. If you service your audience they will get you new fans.” PeopleIfsForgetAudienceFans Author:Bob Lefsetz
“I'm not a fan of religion. Religion ties people up and binds them and puts them back in chains but faith - true relationship - releases us to be all what God ever intended us to be. That's what I'm interested in.” PeopleFansChainsReleaseTiesTrue Relationship Author:Kathie Lee Gifford
“I'm a huge fan of Jesus Culture. I absolutely love them. I listen to them a lot. My wife loves them as well. I'm unashamedly a Jesus Culture fan. I love the spontaneity. They'll play a song and it will go for like 25 minutes. That kind of worship, and how they lead people into the presence of God, is just awesome.” PeopleWellsKindPlaySongCultureJesusWifeFansMinutesHugeWorshipMy WifeSpontaneityPresence Of GodWives Love Author:Reuben Morgan
“There are so many rappers now that it's cluttering our culture. 90% of the time at a show there are more artists in the crowd than there are fans - it's too much. Too many people try to give you CD's.” PeopleGivingTryingShowsArtistCultureToo MuchFansCrowdsRapperCds Author:Statik Selektah
“I think it's satisfying for people to feel that that relationship is reciprocal in some way. The truth is, you do have a relationship with your fans, and there is a feedback loop there. And while you have to be careful not to write a show just for the superfans, that kind of feedback is really valuable.” PeopleThinkingWayFeelsWritingKindShowsFansTruth IsCarefulValuableSatisfyingBe CarefulFeedbackLoopsReciprocal Author:Matt Nix
“Street circuits mean that we are racing in the centre of roads that people use everyday, which is very cool for drivers, but it also makes it very easy to make a mistake, which adds more excitement for fans.” PeopleMeanUseEasyMistakeFansStreetsAddEverydayExcitementDriversRacingCentreCircuitsVery Cool Author:Sam Bird
“I've gone from having a huge fan base to losing a huge fan base to having a kind of fluctuating fan base. I've always had a core of fans who've stuck by me but, depending on the kind of music I do, I end up appealing to certain groups of people and alienating others.” PeopleKindEndsCertainGoneGroupsFansHugeLosingCoreStuck Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Every time I work out in the gym, every time I train, I know I'm going to do well. But I like surprising the fans, the critics, the people who doubt me.” PeopleKnowsWellsDoubtFansTrainCriticsWork OutGymSurprisingDoubt Me Author:Oscar De La Hoya