"Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you"
About this Quote
The subtext is about agency. "Be part of the crowd" isn't a demographic statement, it's a psychological one: anonymity as oxygen. Somers contrasts two verbs - "look at" versus "look at you" - and the shift is the point. Looking is curiosity, even pleasure. Being looked at is surveillance, expectation, an ongoing audit of your body, your mood, your politeness. She frames that swap as restorative, not indulgent: the ability to observe others is a way back to ordinary social life, where you can misread someone, get bored, people-watch, disappear into your own thoughts.
Context matters because Somers's celebrity was especially image-intensive: sitcom stardom, tabloid scrutiny, and a career spent negotiating who gets to define her (studio bosses, audiences, the press). The quote quietly rejects the idea that public figures owe perpetual access. It asks for a small, radical thing: the right to be a citizen of the room, not its attraction.
Quote Details
| Topic | Humility |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Somers, Suzanne. (2026, January 15). Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-when-you-are-in-the-public-eye-you-just-71546/
Chicago Style
Somers, Suzanne. "Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-when-you-are-in-the-public-eye-you-just-71546/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Sometimes, when you are in the public eye, you just really need to just be part of the crowd, and look at other people rather than other people look at you." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/sometimes-when-you-are-in-the-public-eye-you-just-71546/. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.





