Top 215 Red Carpet Quotes

I love feminine soft shades for summers – I like pastels and bright hues, too. I like summer dresses and tank tops; I think they never go out of style. As much as I’m happy with Western wear for red carpet and social dos, I also like Indian ethnic wear for special occasions.

Most actresses save their best gown of the award season for the Academy, so it truly is a red carpet full of the fashion’s creme de la creme.

I definitely don’t like red carpets. I go on the red carpet because I have to but I’m not a big fan. That’s not my thing. I’d rather be in the studio making music and performing.

I used to hate exposure situations. What is generally referred to as ‘red carpet.’

Hollywood always represents this big dream and fairy tale in people’s minds, but to me, it’s just hard work. Of course, we play fairy tale on the red carpet. It’s all Cinderella. But when the clock strikes midnight, I turn into a gray mouse and I go home, and I take my dress off and it’s over. That’s Hollywood.

My favourite way of getting ready for a red carpet event is to turn the hair and makeup time into a bit of a pre-party. I use the same artists all of the time, so we know each other so well – so it’s a ‘hanging with friends’ session. Music, lots of laughing, and food – because you must eat before the event.

It feels good to be a role model for little girls who don’t often see natural hair on the red carpet.

I’ve never been a red carpet hugger unless it is for charity.

It’s very difficult when there are pictures taken on the red carpet. I find those things so terrifying that another persona just kicks in. I don’t recognise myself.

I used to hate getting dressed, getting in front of the camera and walking down the red carpet. It bothered me because I felt like I couldn’t be what they wanted me to be. Now it’s still not my favorite thing, but I get through it a lot easier because I know that my work brings value to who I am.

All the time people ask me, like, ‘Oh my God, what did you do to get ready for the red carpet?’ And I’m like, ‘I just had Thai food.’ I love to work out and do cardio and have a healthy, active lifestyle, but I also am not going to, like, freak out over food.

I’m tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game – the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.

I am fine if I am on a red carpet – I know what to do. You stop and smile and pose for a picture and that’s fine.

It is tricky because I do wear a lot of vintage on the red carpet, and usually when I’m getting ready, I’ll say, ‘We need to make sure that I don’t look like I’m in a Scorsese film today.’ Sometimes I do something a little bit more modern with my hair. You have to mix it up.

It’s always a weird feeling being on the red carpet, but the more I go, the more I try to connect myself to the here and now. And breathe. That’s the way I make the experience a good one. If I think too much – if my head is somewhere else because I’m stressed out – it shows.

I think the only time that I worry about looking good is on the red carpet.

I’m happier on the runway than I am on the red carpet. Because then I am not being myself. I think, on the red carpet, it’s a weird, like, ‘Who am I? Am I me? Am I them?’

What would we be without the fans? They’re more important than me, because they make our sport great; they make things happen. We put on the show, but if people don’t react to it, we are nothing. So, the fans, basically we should roll out the red carpet for them.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

I scroll through Instagram and Twitter, and whenever I see something that speaks to me, I take a screenshot to save it for red carpet inspiration. Sometimes, if I see an outfit I like on the street, I’ll take a picture, too. References are so important.

I have a life that I enjoy; I try and value the things that I think are worth valuing and everything else is icing. You know, it is a kick to go down the red carpet in that dress and then you go back home.

The double chin’s not good for the red carpet.

Everyone wants to go to the party and the red carpet, but my life is 90% the work.

Whatever I feel comfortable in is usually what I’ll wear. I go to different events and premieres and walk the red carpet… those things are awkward enough on their own. You don’t want to be pulling up a top all night. I will sacrifice foot comfort though. I love high heels.

I wear no makeup in real life. I’m very simple. That may be why I go over the top for the red carpet. But otherwise, I’m very plain. I should make more of an effort, actually.

Like most people – unless they’re very practised at it or have no warm blood at all in their veins – I feel a little apprehensive about the red carpet. It’s always a bit bewildering when people are taking pictures and asking questions before the ceremony.

I don’t want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, ‘Here comes another Bon Iver album!’ I just want it to be my bedroom-y thing. But that’ll take a while to figure out.

Very often, actors have to face being rejected time and again, and we must remember that the red carpet lasts just a minute.

I do like to dress up, and I love to go for red carpet events and look my best, but I have to be comfortable, and I don’t want to wear make-up when I am taking a flight.

I find this wave of super-skinny women scary. I’m not going to lie to you, I’ve got to drag myself down to the gym like everybody else. But I look at the red carpet sometimes and it’s like a pageant.

I’m really critical of my posture, it makes a big difference. And I try to suck my belly in. Everyone should do that whether you’re on a red carpet or not. Even if you’re just going out to dinner with your boyfriend you should try and suck it in.

There are moments when you’re stepping out of a really nice car on to a red carpet, and you feel inside like, ‘This is quite nice,’ but I’m never whisked off my feet.

Being with Al Gore on the red carpet in Cannes was exciting – he’s like a rock star unto himself!

I never look at any pictures of myself on the red carpet. I can’t do that.

I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it’s bedlam. Everyone’s got crazy eyes.

The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.

Often the last thing I want to do is stand up in front of 50 cameras on the red carpet. I’d rather have a cup of hot milk and an early night.

Since I have that edgy, rocker-tomboy kind of vibe, it can be very difficult to translate my style for the red carpet.

You’ve got to have the right attire for the right event. I attend a lot of dinners, a lot of concerts, and I have to be on the red carpet; each has its own dress code, and I have to be prepared. Jeans and a hoodie are great for a concert, but a dinner party?

When I was younger, the red carpet used to terrify me because it’s not about playing a part: you’re not in a film pretending to be someone – you are yourself. It’s intimidating.

From the outside, there’s a lot of glitz. They see you on the red carpet, but they don’t see what it takes to get there.

I never get used to the red carpets and premieres, to be honest, but when you’re walking down the red carpet promoting stories such as ‘Mabo,’ it means everything to me.

As much as we love an excuse to dress up, the red carpet is not the place.

I feel like my style is very much androgynous. It’s rock, chic, like casual wear, but then on the flip side to that, being that it’s so androgynous, it’ll either be skinny jeans and a leather jacket, or if I’m doing a red carpet or event, I’ll completely flip that and be wearing a suit or a dress.

Turning the heat up on the red carpet while still looking like a lady isn’t as easy as it sounds. Too much va-va-voom, and a girl can look like she just stepped out of ‘Jersey Shore.’ Too little, and she’ll look like a sister wife.

Being on the red carpet is both fun and a little nerve wracking, but more fun.

Overall, we’ve lost risk-takers on the red carpet at the Academy Awards. All too often, stars play it safe.

I actually met Deadmau5 for the first time on the red carpet in Hollywood for the Grammys. I was there with my daughter, and he introduced himself to me. He said, ‘Hey, I’m from Toronto.’ I had a little conversation with him, and then I realized I’m talking to a guy with a giant mouse head.

If I wear a dress that I bought from a street vendor in Bali on a red carpet, it’s a way of bringing my travels with me.

I was very insecure with the dresses I would have to wear to red carpet events.

The personal appearances and red carpet events are very glitzy, but it’s a bit false.

I wish I had gone to Cannes with a film, but I had gone there for L’Oreal Pakistan. I cannot tell you the people that I was around, from Helen Mirren to Jane Fonda. It was a proud moment on the red carpet when they announced my name and said ‘Mahira Khan from Pakistan.’

As much as I love to slay a red carpet hitting the ground running with ‘Beale Street’ and ‘Native Son,’ representing two such important voices in James Baldwin and Richard Wright let people know that I’m an artist and I really have something to say with this gift.