A reporter discovers, in the course of many years of interviewing celebrities, that most actors are more attractive behind a spotlight than over a spot of tea.
Phyllis Battelle

By giving the public a rich and full melody, distinctly arranged and well played, all the time creating new tone colors and patterns, I feel we have a better chance of being successful. I want a kick to my band, but I don't want the rhythm to hog the spotlight.
Glenn Miller

Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight.
John Bradshaw

Everyone for the most part is really nice. There have always been jokes, but that's part of being in the spotlight. You can't make everyone completely happy.
Tina Yothers

Having shaved my head for the role put a spotlight on me.
Persis Khambatta

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

I don't think Michael had to retire for us to get the spotlight, because when you win, it commands attention.
Hakeem Olajuwon

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.
Brian Eno

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.
Patricia Heaton

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

I liked being in the spotlight.
Scott Caan

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.
Tim Robbins

I wasn't naked, I was completely covered by a blue spotlight.
Gypsy Rose Lee

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

I'm not shy in the spotlight. I might seem austere and even arrogant, but far from it, I'm actually shy.
Riccardo Muti

If you search for poverty, you'll find it, often in the family. Why? Because the family makes this great investment, from which we all benefit, but for which no-one helps. We have to point the spotlight on the family, and make political choices that sustain the family.
Rocco Buttiglione

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.
Rosie Perez

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.
Breyten Breytenbach

My characters are always on the outside; the spotlight's not on them. But they do get somewhere.
Jeanette Winterson

Often the presence of mind and energy of a person remote from the spotlight decide the course of history for centuries to come.
Stefan Zweig