Spotlight Quotes

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.

The stores and the things like that, the business side of things came out at the point when, I'd say probably in the early '70s, it looked like the year of the singer-songwriter was over, 'cause music changed in our time and the spotlight was out.

Stay true in the dark, and humble in the spotlight.

You could be your own spotlight!

How little the public realizes what a girl must go through before she finally appears before the spotlight that is thrown upon the stage.

In my circle of friends, I've always been loud and funny and talkative. But as soon as I step out of that circle, I get very quiet and introspective. I don't want the spotlight on me.

You're not only the spotlight in which you perform, but the shadows where you practice.

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

The spotlight will always be on me, but it's something I'm learning to live with as the years go by.

I felt extremely uncomfortable as the focal point, in the spotlight. I really like the behind the scenes role, because all my freedom is there.

Eleanor Roosevelt, Rosa Parks, Gandhi — all these peopled described themselves as quiet and soft-spoken and even shy. And they all took the spotlight, even though every bone in their bodies was telling them not to.

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.

I liked being in the spotlight.

I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.

Before, I was always the kid that was in the background. It was hard for me to get casted in even one program, and when people thought that I was a guest on a show for the first time when I had been on before, it saddened me. Suddenly getting the spotlight? That's! Not! True!

I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.

I always had the sense of being in the spotlight, being on stage, being looked at.

The reason so many of us are obsessed with becoming stars is because we are not yet starring in our own lives. The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you, it radiates from within you.

One thing modeling taught me is that the spotlight can change everything.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

There is a time and place for being in the limelight. As far as being away from the spotlight, well, a certain air of exclusivity is always good.

I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.

What we're doing is not just about becoming a model. It's bigger than that. It's shining a spotlight on folks who know who they are. They know what they want to do. And in terms of modeling, they're already working. They know what they're doing! They're fantastic!

As a person in the public eye, I have always felt that if I have the good fortune of being able to shed a spotlight on different causes that I feel passionately about...

for some people life outside the spotlight is death.

Because I'm so much in the spotlight, people lose sight of why I'm in the industry. In fact, I'm doing all this because I love to act. I love to perform, to sing.

I have a full life off the road. I was never in it just for the money or the career. That's why I'm comfortable with myself. I know who I am out of the spotlight.

It's pretty refreshing to be in a situation where the spotlight is on someone else.

I have arrived, and the spotlight is on me, honey!

But I think, if you're in the spotlight, people are going to say bad things, and that's just the way it is.

No question that the spotlight on Darfur has, for all intents and purposes, disappeared. And that's deeply problematic, because it hasn't disappeared because Darfur has been solved.

The cosmic spotlight isn't pointed at you; it radiates from within you.

I dont care if youre Britney freakin Spears, nobody is going to steal my spotlight!

I'm kind of a low-key guy. The spotlight doesn't suit me. I'm more of a side dish--cole slaw or French fries or a Wham! backup singer.

I'm just not one of those naturally funny, relaxed actors who enjoy the spotlight and are so good at it.

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.

In pop music, the public usually see the results - the hit records, the Grammy Awards performances, the concert tours - but not all the work that goes into getting into the spotlight. And not everyone realizes that, even if you have a lot of talent, chances are you won't make it.

At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them.

I normally shun the spotlight, but I don't mind being the platform.

I don't really like the spotlight.

Dempsey himself said you only spend so much time in the spotlight before they change the bulb. He had a very clever way with words.

I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.

It comes with it, this is my work and all the media thing is just a big bonus for me. I'm just enjoying being in the spotlight right now so it's not a big deal for me.

It is your duty to examine the conduct of public figures and to place them in the spotlight - that is your duty.

This is what I signed up for. I’m not here going ‘Oh, they’re so mean to me, and it’s so hard for me.’ What I do for a living puts me in the spotlight. They pay me for it.

It's amazing to impact people's lives - it's a cool thing to have the spotlight and be able to reassure people, to say, "It's OK to be you."

Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.

Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.

As I got older, I had a bunch of friends that were various teen stars. I've always known people in the spotlight and people who just grew up in LA and had nothing to do with the industry.