The anonymity of the city is one of its strengths as well as - carried too far - one of its weaknesses.
As you become famous you lose some of your anonymity, which is wonderful for an actor to have because you can observe people and also people don't have such a strong sense of who you are and that sort of thing.
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit.
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity.
I used to have the Virgin music [stores], and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, 'I'm soaking in these last moments of anonymity. ' I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen
I guess in my own life, privacy, anonymity, and the mystery of being lost are important. I also feel that people are mysterious and complex no matter what they do, and no matter how hard they try to reveal their own mystery.
She liked to imagine that when she passed, the world looked after her, but she also knew how anonymous she was. Except when she was at work, no one knew where she was at any time of day and no one waited for her. It was immaculate anonymity.
I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.
I'm a little hibernating animal. Anonymity is one of my favorite things. I mean, that's why I moved to New York when I was like 18, because there, there are just so many people that there's no one and you're just lost. You're completely invisible and I find that very liberating.
I have never in any way found the idea of celebrity appealing. Anonymity is much more appealing.
You can always find a stray negative comment on the Internet. It's like everybody loves to put negative comments on the Internet under the cloak of anonymity.
I didn't choose anonymity. Instead, I chose absence.
Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.
But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in public more than I already am.
Some of us just don't want to be famous. . . anonymity cannot be bought for any price, once you have lost it.
I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.
Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
Celebrity is a currency with an exchange rate almost as strong as anonymity.
I still have anonymity, which is great. I can go out anywhere I want and no one ever recognizes me.
