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I just really don't like being the center of attention that much. It's kind of ironic. -- Jimmy Fallon
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention. -- Christian Bale
The ambition, the drive, the wanting to be the center of attention, the wanting to succeed... They're all inside me somewhere. -- Philip Seymour Hoffman
The average housewife goes to the restaurant to relax and enjoy the food. But when Eva walks in, she becomes the center of attention. -- Eva Gabor
I am the center of attention in my job every single day; the thought of a wedding to me is exhausting. Why would I put myself through that? -- Lady Gaga
I don't want to be the center of attention, which is ironic. I hate having all eyes on me - unless it's for my job, and my job is playing football. I'm not that attention-hungry. -- Cam Newton
I actually feel awkward being at the center of attention. -- Edwin Catmull
I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention. -- Mary Stuart Masterson
Be crazy! But learn how to be crazy without being the center of attention. Be brave enough to live different. -- Paulo Coelho
And the fact that I liked to show off and be the center of attention really lends itself to figure skating very well. -- Scott Hamilton
I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting -- Julie Christie
People keep pushing me to be the center of attention... I would prefer to be on the sidelines, because that's where you see more. -- Gong Li
I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself. -- Jamie Campbell Bower
I'm very shy. I know it's weird for a person who models lingerie and swimsuits, but I don't like to be the center of attention! -- Marisa Miller
Every woman has to have something which singles her out, which catches the eyes, which makes her the center of attention. I am going to be french. -- Philippa Gregory
I think a lot of people get into stand-up to be the center of attention, which is perfectly legitimate. But I think I got in there to be heard. -- W. Kamau Bell
I don't want to be the center of attention. My posture has changed. I walk with my head down and shoulders slumped. Suddenly I carry myself as if I'm ashamed of something. -- Randy Harrison
For the first time, I was the center of attention. Everyone watched me as if I were a bomb. Would I explode and cause a disaster or would I pop and cause a miracle? -- Maria V. Snyder
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set -- Jon Hamm
I would much rather not be the center of attention, and I'd much rather travel and be writing my novel, rather than standing on a stage and trying to get people to understand something. -- Willis Earl Beal
It would be my guess that Madonna is not a very happy woman. From my own experience, having gone through persona changes like that, that kind of clawing need to be the center of attention is not a pleasant place to be. -- David Bowie
Sixty million people died in the Second World War. World War II was a gigantic crime. We condemn it all. We are against bloodshed, regardless of whether a crime was committed against a Muslim or against a Christian or a Jew. But the question is: Why among these 60 million victims are only the Jews the center of attention? -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
I love being the center of attention. -- John Mayer
I don't like being the center of attention. -- Jessica Alba
I've always wanted to be the center of attention. -- Maria Conchita Alonso
I have an insatiable desire to be the center of attention. -- Howie Mandel
I love being the center of attention. I'm shameless about it. -- Brendon Urie
I've never been interested in the event when I'm the center of attention. -- Helmut Lang
I gotta tell you, my nature is not to be the center of attention. -- Gloria Estefan
I love film sets, but I don't necessarily love being the center of attention. -- Mary Stuart Masterson
I like being the center of attention. I want to be in the limelight, basically. -- Nash Grier
I love to be the center of attention. My oversized ego craves it and needs it. -- Paul Shaffer
I don't mind being the center of attention as a character but in real life it's not for me. -- Rachel Bilson
I was born with a need to be the center of attention, and, of course, you're the center of the world when you're acting. -- Julie Christie
It's definitely nerve-racking to be the center of attention. I'm not the kind of an actor that just craves attention 24-7 - but it's part of the deal. You're the leader on the set. -- Jon Hamm
Addicts sometimes have a penchant for becoming the center of attention at other people's celebrations. -- Mallory Ortberg
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I think it's tough when you're very young and you maybe fall for the celebrity and being the center of attention. -- Ali MacGraw
In modeling, because you're the center of attention, it builds up people's egos. Sometimes people lose touch with reality. But that happens with acting, too. -- Andie MacDowell
For writers and artists, it's always a balancing act between wanting to be the center of attention and wanting to be invisible and watch what's going on. -- Kate Christensen
People love to see public figures get taken down a notch, and by the same token, everyone loves to be the center of attention, even when there's a target on their forehead. -- Jeff Ross
We're both accustomed to being the center of attention. We're both accustomed to being spoiled by the people around us. And we don't expect to have to compete with somebody for all of that. -- Jim Lampley
No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very public. I'm really low-key and I don't need to be the center of attention. -- Venus Williams
Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was. -- Peter Fonda
All children of cosmonauts went to one school. We all lived in the same neighborhood, Star City, and all of us, children of cosmonauts, were in the center of attention from the teachers and general inhabitants of the Star City, and so it was difficult in that respect. -- Roman Romanenko
Everyone has a different path. I knew no one in the acting industry growing up. I never did a play until college. I was not outspoken when I was younger and I hated being the center of attention. But I had a dream of being an actor. I went to NYU and studied theatre. I learned a craft. And began my career straight out of college. -- Peter Facinelli
To women, drummers seem like these adorable, sexy Neanderthals, and lead singers seem mysterious and dangerous. So while the lead singers all want to be David Bowie, floating into parties and being the center of attention, it's the drummers who are in the corner doing keg stands and breaking tables. Usually it's the drummers who get the fun-loving ladies and the singers who get the nutcases. -- Dave Grohl
In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will. -- Thomas Keating
I don't judge people. It blurs out the center of my attention,my focus, myself. -- Toba Beta
To focus means to bring your attention to the center, to concentrate on one thing intently in order to gain clarity. -- Cheryl Richardson
If you don't pay attention to the periphery, the periphery changes and the first thing you know the periphery is the center. -- Dean Rusk
Focus your attention on the center of your stomach, in the area of your naval. Feel that this is an area of tremendous strength. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Nirvana is the center of things; then there are the outer bandings of attention. The universe is a mind. At the center of its mind is nirvana. -- Frederick Lenz
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