Because our father played professional soccer, being in the spotlight never felt weird to me and my brother. We always felt we could do anything.
It’s the off-the-court spotlight in terms of having people look at you in terms of analyzing every little thing you do in your life, or having less privacy in your day-to-day activities, that’s an area I need to get more accustomed to.
Stepping out of the spotlight when it’s prudent to do so is a good thing.
You won’t see me searching out red carpets or TV cameras. I’m more comfortable sitting back and letting others enjoy the spotlight.
I love hearing my song on the radio the first time, but when it comes on again, I change the station. I already have so much of the spotlight on me. I don’t need any more.
Frankly, I think that the news industry is critically important because it points out things and surfaces truths that can often be uncomfortable. I think that that’s working, and the spotlight has been pointed on things that we have a responsibility to do better, and I accept that.
I was thrown into the spotlight pretty quickly at UCLA.
Everyone in the group sang when I joined them. That was one of the problems with L.T.D.: there was no focal point. It took until 1976, or about six or seven years, before I was put into the spotlight as a vocalist. That’s when I recorded ‘Love Ballad,’ and it became a hit for the group.
I’m an ex-‘Globe’ guy. My friends are depicted in ‘Spotlight.’
I only want to play, don’t like the life in the spotlight.
A lot of kids my age can make a lot of mistakes, but college athletes that are in the spotlight, you have to grow up so much faster than regular students or regular kids your age because you are a public figure, so you get one shot, sometimes two.
Sometimes when you are playing non-stop international cricket in all formats – which was the case with Jadeja – you do well one day, get hammered the next, and immediately the spotlight is on you. That eats into you.
In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.
When I was younger, I didn’t want to come to WWE because I didn’t fit into the mold. I couldn’t identify myself with the term ‘diva.’ The divas brand was meant to put a spotlight on the women, but the term, to me, felt more glamorous than me.
At Arsenal and the so-called big clubs, you always know that there will be a bigger spotlight on every single position.
My mother did a tremendous job of raising four children in Ottawa under a spotlight.
In order to spur progress, we all need to be people who point out and shine a spotlight on racism wherever we see it. It doesn’t always have to be confrontational, but it does need to become the societal norm that racism is identified and not tolerated in any form or fashion.
I always try to shine the spotlight on what’s happening on the field and not what’s coming out of my mouth.
To me, I always felt like drums have to be the support and the driving factor in a song, and there’s places where the drummer has to show off and do things and get the spotlight, but not all the time. You’ve gotta pick and choose. And it’s always gotta be about the song. That’s really the bottom line.
Whatever is going on in the news and whoever is in the spotlight is up for grabs and fodder for satire.
Creating authentic emotional experiences, whether it’s ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Spotlight,’ are driven by characters and stories that are engaging.
When I left Planned Parenthood, I was extremely nervous. I was immediately thrown into the media spotlight, and I had no idea what it was going to be like to be a public figure in the pro-life movement.
Sergio Martinez is doing his job and I’m trying to do my part, and we want to be able to get some spotlight in Argentina.
I prefer to be out of the spotlight, to be honest. I’ve always been that kind of personality.
A lot of guys just can’t handle the spotlight and the pressure, so they shy away from it, like ‘oh, I don’t want to be in it.’ That’s never me.
It’s frustrating sometimes: as an athlete, you’re thrust into the spotlight, and you know, I think this team has always done a really amazing job of understanding that we have this incredible platform; let’s do something good with it.
There’s a lot of instant spotlight and pressure when it comes to a Bond song.
What has to be understood is that most whistle-blowers are not natural activists – this one certainly wasn’t. We usually work in anonymous jobs, far from the spotlight. We are not campaigners, or journalists, or wannabe celebrities, craving a platform. Our conscience tells us we have to reveal what we know.
Usain is Usain, and he always has the spotlight because of what he has accomplished, so we can never take that away from him.
I have never hid my spiritual roots. They just weren’t something that came under the spotlight.
Some people are willing to betray years of friendship just to get a little bit of the spotlight.
I grew a very early distaste for fame and glamour because I saw what the spotlight and attention can do to you as a family, so to speak.
If a band or artist isn’t tweeting or writing posts on Facebook every day, there can be this kind of mystique built about them, and I find myself retreating from the spotlight more and more.
As people get older and fall out of the spotlight, people’s memory of them changes.
I’ve discovered myself a little more, personality-wise just being put through certain situations, whether being in the spotlight, heartbreak, friends coming and going, family.
There’s a blessing that you’re in a spotlight, but people follow you and want to keep asking you questions – it’s just overwhelming sometimes.
Hip-hop is making a lot of noise. It should get some more spotlight.
I was brought to Hollywood by Gene Roddenberry and Michael Eisner, chosen from 600 hopefuls to star in the original ‘Star Trek’ motion picture. The success of the film, coupled with the allure that I had shaved my head for the role, put a spotlight on me.
I find I like the spotlight for a very brief period of time… and I sort of need it. But then, the minute that it’s done, I have to sort of go hide. So I was never really meant, I think, to be a performer for a living.
Kerouac was the cowboy that inspired the whole Beat Generation, and highlighted and put the spotlight on all of these minds that didn’t really know what they were doing at the time, but accomplished something much bigger than what they ever foresaw.
I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.
The difference is that with fame comes a spotlight, one which has recently made it impossible to ignore the fact that more and more of those folks we place on pedestals aren’t even pausing to consider an option other than lying.
I think it’s huge to set a good example. Whether you like it or not, as a professional athlete you are always going to be projected out into that spotlight of judgement. People are always going to judge every single thing we do and I think it’s cool to just be real with yourself.
I like to go out there and perform my best. I like to be the best, I like to shine, I like to be in the spotlight, so I like anything that sparkles. Anything that glitters, that’s why I’m into rhinestones. Superstars wear sequins, so I wear sequins and rhinestones.
The bigger you become as a player and the more success you have as a player, the spotlight definitely becomes brighter.
Of course you want people to notice you’re back, and you’re playing well just to be respected. Because I was an All-Star, a first-team All-NBA guy. But I don’t need the media putting a spotlight on me.
I don’t really look for the spotlight, I don’t look for any of that stuff. I just want to play basketball.
The style of direction in ‘Room,’ maybe a little bit like ‘Spotlight,’ tries to be hidden.
I do have a couple of pets, but I am determined to keep them out of the media spotlight.
I realized, if I don’t step into the spotlight, and the person next to me doesn’t step in, and the people around me don’t step in, then who will?
I don’t live in the spotlight, and I don’t live my life in front of the paparazzi. I live very comfortably and quietly as possible.
I’m not trying to steal the show. I tend to shy away from – I don’t want to say the spotlight – how about responsibility? It’s just very daunting. These movies are very intimidating. ‘Captain America.’ This is the stuff I struggle with.
Public Service Recognition Week is a great way to spotlight the contributions state employees make in moving Louisiana forward.
I think there’s something about wanting to stand in the spotlight. I think the ball is a spotlight, for example, and I think they want to stand in that. I a lot of times see – LeBron is a guy that vacillates between wanting to do that and then wanting to get somebody else involved.
I do feel that AEW is similar to TNA in the sense of the young locker room and in the same way that TNA back in the day had these guys hadn’t had that opportunity on the national spotlight.
The iPhone was such a phenomenon that even the humble journalists chosen for an early look were thrust into a spotlight.
I know from growing up in the spotlight, as it were, that the most important thing is your family.
