Anonymity Quotes

Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

I want to be normal. I really want anonymity.

Publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.

The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity.

When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway.

I remember Michael saying, 'Rich and famous? It's much better to be just rich'.

I didn't quite get it to begin with. But he's right. You lose anonymity. I say to my family that you've no idea until you lose it how precious anonymity is.

With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.

For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving up that part of your life and not having control of it.

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.

There are simply more young people than there ever were.

You get this feeling of strength. Also, large numbers can be a drawback, making it difficult to lose one's anonymity.

I always worried someone would notice me, and then when no one did, I felt lonely.

This persistence as private firms continued because it ensured the maximum of anonymity and secrecy to persons of tremendous public power who dreaded public knowledge of their activities as an evil almost as great as inflation.

It's not fair that the accused is not protected from adverse publicity whilst the accuser is guaranteed anonymity, whatever the verdict.

We live in an age where anonymity is growing in magnitude like a bomb going off.

Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

I wanted to have the adoration of John Lennon but have the anonymity of Ringo Starr. I didn't want to be a frontman. I just wanted to be back there and still be a rock and roll star at the same time.

Success made me self-sufficient, but it also took away my anonymity.

I'm just this quiet nobody, and all of a sudden people are nervous around me. That was kind of weird.

The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back.