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!

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.

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

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

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

I liked being in the spotlight.

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!

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

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.

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

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.

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...