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It is inevitable that popularity will fade. That's why I must always be prepared. I don't want a meteoric rise in popularity. I want to be an actor who can quickly get back on my feet after a fall. If I want to have a long-term career in acting, I must be careful about the choices I make.

It's dangerous to be anybody popular.

What's funny is that the idea of popularity - even the use of the word 'popular' - is something that had been mostly absent from my life since junior high. In fact, the hallmark of life after junior high seemed to be the shedding of popularity as a central concern.

People are fed up with something when it becomes more and more popular.

I have always lived the way I wanted regardless of whether or not it was popular.

Originally, 'Popular' was going to be a movie.

It really is, to see that this kind of music is still so popular.

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

Personally, I've never been popular, so I'm not surprised that professionally I'm a bit out of step, too.

Popularity is very inconsistent. Sometimes it's there, sometimes it's not. It usually just comes in waves.