Spotlight Quotes

I'm not one of those actors who needs the media spotlight all the time to feel gratified. I'm happy to do one project a year and take the rest of the year off as long as that project is special.

Each player on this team whether he shines in the spotlight or eats dirt on the line, must be an All-American.

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.

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.

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.

The values of Islam are expressed by Muslims clearly. September 11 changed the world, and put Muslims on the spotlight.

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."

People have a hard time accepting when someone displays even the slightest amount of discomfort in the spotlight. You're supposed to soak up every bit of fame like it’s sunshine.

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

Trump keeps the spotlight on himself with one act after another, assuming correctly that yesterday's antics will be swept aside by today's.

As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people's memory of them changes.

It is not the office of art to spotlight alternatives, but to resist by its form alone the course of the world, which permanently puts a pistol to men's heads.

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.

Who you are, what you are, does not change after you occupy the oval office. All it does is magnify who you are. All it does is shine a spotlight on who you are.

Let's pursue a walk with God so close that the spotlights of this world-be they for us or against us-are eclipsed by His enormous shadow cast on our path.

When I played, I never needed the spotlight, nor did I want it. I simply wanted to play baseball and be respected by my teammates and the opposing players.

Out there in the spotlight you're a million miles away and every ounce of energy you try to give away as the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play.

Untested assumptions and lazy habits of thought can be shown up, once put in a spotlight of a different hue.

I think there absolutely are so many lessons that can be learned from sports and so many different positive things that don't necessarily get the spotlight and the attention.

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

It was great for me getting a chance to grow up as a normal kid just out of the spotlight, versus all of them growing up in New York. They always had that intense media and spotlight on them.

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.

If there's a spotlight on you, people are going to look for a reason to bring you down.

If a dishonest creep wants to tap dance, give them the spotlight and a mirror.

If you had a large vase with a big crack down the middle of it, a Japanese art museum would put the vase on a pedestal and shine a spotlight on the crack!

As a performer, much of my life has been spent in the spotlight. I know how important appearance can be to teens, especially the impact it can have on the way you feel about yourself.

I've been a spy for almost all of my adult life - I don't like being in the spotlight.

It's the best feeling in the world . The game's on the line, and you're the guy in the spotlight.

I feel that the real drama of life is never center stage, it's always in the wings. It's never with the spotlight on, it's usually something that you don't expect at all.

The first time I went out under the spotlight, I was proper freaked out.

Anybody in the spotlight can get lost in that if they are not careful.

The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen.

The economists who have put the spotlight on teacher quality are the ones who most misunderstand it.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight.

I was never one to seek out the spotlight. I am kind of a private person, so I don't miss that part of show business at all.

I'm not living my life under the spotlight for anybody.

I wanted to be a ballerina so badly. You can be seen and take over the spotlight without speaking. I had a fear of speaking in public back then.

[Michelle Obama] was the hardest sell. And she never fully embraced being in the public spotlight, which is ironic, given how good she is.

There's a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.

I think we grow into ourselves. And unfortunately we do it in the spotlight, so when we make mistakes, everybody knows about it.

Even when it's midnight, people are watching you. It's difficult to be in the spotlight all the time.

For better or worse, when you're running for mayor, there's a little bit of a spotlight on you.

Over the last few years, Greece has been in the world spotlight for all the wrong reasons - because of its economic crisis, and then because of the refugees from Syria.

I kinda threw the spotlight away from me for a little while.

When pressure's on and when the spotlight's on, I feel like it ultimately ends up becoming some of my better moments.

I don't want to be in the spotlight so bad that I'm going to sell my soul, or sell my creativity short.

If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the recognition they crave.

I have taken a break from the media spotlight for the past few years.

Al Sharpton chases the spotlight the way Obama chases golf balls

I just don't like politics. My rule is if I can put a spotlight on something, I'll do that.