I liked being in the spotlight.
Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
I know I'll be under a spotlight, I know I'll be under the microscope.
The British tend to shy away from the spotlight. We don't like being singled out in any way, and I think that is something which is important for me to learn to do.
I hate it when people pray on the screen. It's not because I hate praying, but whenever I see an actor fold his hands and look up in the spotlight, I'm lost. There's only one other thing in the movies I hate as much, and that's sex. You just can't get in bed or pray to God and convince me on the screen.
I'm facing upstage, with my back to the audience, and the spotlight comes up on my back as I start singing.
I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
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.
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.
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.
You go on these Internet blogs and people say the meanest things. I'm a normal person. Just because I'm in the spotlight doesn't mean I'm God's gift to the world. I'm learning and making mistakes just like every other 17-year-old girl out there.
I think [the spotlight] is a lonely place to be. Everybodys wanting something from you, pulling at you.
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.
The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
The majority of people perform well in a crisis and when the spotlight is on them; it's on the Sunday afternoons of this life, when nobody is looking, that the spirit falters.
The only difference is now more young black men are in the spotlight.
I don't really live my life in the media spotlight. People don't know that much really about me or what I think.
I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
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