These red carpet quotes will inspire you. A red carpet is traditionally used to mark the route taken by heads of state on ceremonial and formal occasions and has in recent decades been extended to use by VIPs and celebrities at formal events.
Below you will find a collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging red carpet quotes, red carpet sayings, and red carpet proverbs.
Best Red Carpet Quotes
- “You don’t have to be famous to live out your own red carpet moment.” ~ Rachel Zoe
- “That red carpet has to be felt to be believed.” ~ William H. Macy
- “The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.” ~ Elia Kazan
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“I sometimes wonder if two-thirds of the globe is covered in red carpet.” ~ Prince Charles
- “The memory of that scene for me is like a frame of film forever frozen at that moment: the red carpet, the green lawn, the white house, the leaden sky. The new president and his first lady.” ~ Richard M. Nixon
- “I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it’s bedlam. Everyone’s got crazy eyes.” ~ Emily Blunt
- “I think that being isolated from the Hollywood world of premieres and red carpet events was probably good for me because I could ease into those at will and by my own choice. But in other aspects, when it comes to fanfare, Hawaii is nuts and in L.A. they’re all so jaded. They don’t care.” ~ Evangeline Lilly
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“Oh, what’s this in my shoe? Red carpet insole. Everywhere I go, I’m walking on red carpet.” ~ Aziz Ansari
- “Everyone wants to go to the party and the red carpet, but my life is 90% the work.” ~ Bret Michaels
- “I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red carpet best.” ~ Kate Winslet
- “The red carpet is really the only thing that makes me nervous.” ~ Julianna Margulies
- “I don’t get much out of doing a red carpet.” ~ Edward Norton
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“I’m always on a red carpet . . . the other day I thought, this ain’t bad. You can meet people on it.” ~ Al Pacino
- “Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can’t see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.” ~ Miranda July
- “The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven’t been doing it all the time.” ~ Shania Twain
- “I’m not a big heel person anyways, I’ll wear them on the red carpet, but I’ve always been the one who loves loafers and brogues.” ~ Jaime King
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“The red carpet we roll outcome sizzling medium rare.” ~ Ruth Fertel
- “I love to love. However, you won’t see anybody walking the red carpet with me until I’m married.” ~ Aeriel Miranda , Walk the red carpet quotes
- “I’m old enough to know that a red carpet’s just a rug, and I’ve been able to enjoy the pageantry without letting it go to my head.” ~ Al Gore
- “It’s my chance to challenge myself to the fullest, which is one of the great joys about my job… I love it when a character requires me to look less than my red carpet best. It’s more fun playing a character that requires you to look like dog s – t.” ~ Kate Winslet
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“For the red carpet, I think dress first and the makeup to follow.” ~ Zac Posen
- “The red carpet is kind of a surreal experience. There’s nothing normal about it, so for me the most important thing is to maintain some normality right until the point you get out of the car.” ~ Samantha Barks
- “The thing about living in Los Angeles and doing a lot of movies is that you get to go to a lot of premieres, and, regardless of whether or not you’re a celebrity, you still get to walk down the red carpet and then have everyone sort of screaming your name. The pictures never get printed anywhere, but they are nonetheless taking your picture.” ~ Missi Pyle
- “The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.” ~ Snoop Dogg
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“On the red carpet, I saw all these great stories, and I also got to see the plastic surgery up close.” ~ Steven Cojocaru
- “I mean, look at the people we celebrate – a lot of people who really don’t do anything. They just walk the red carpets and go to all the parties, and they’re hooked up with the right people, so they’re celebrities. But what for?” ~ Lenny Kravitz
- “My clothes are for the international jet set. They are very much for the red carpet.” ~ Giambattista Valli
- “I have a lot of anxiety about the red carpet. As a woman, it’s uncomfortable to be in a position in which people are judging you, looking at what you’re wearing, and criticizing you – not necessarily in a negative way.” ~ Fiona Gubelmann
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“To this day, I love eating steak tacos before going to the red carpets.” ~ Lupita Nyong’o
- “It’s strange for my friends when they see me on TV and in magazines because the person that they see doing interviews and pictures on the red carpet is not the person that they know.” ~ Maria Sharapova
- “The red carpet doesn’t interest me. I think people become all the same; it’s like everyone posing from the three-quarter angle in some low-cut, fitted dress; it’s all the same.” ~ Marc Jacobs
- “Every time I walk down one of those red carpets, you think I’d be used to it after all these years, but it’s like it’s happening for the first time.” ~ Jeff Bridges
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“I hate red carpet photographs!” ~ Kirsten Dunst
- “I have to keep reminding myself that being famous on earth would be nice but I would rather walk the red carpet in Heaven.” ~ Behdad Sami
- “I am a child of Hollywood and dreams. To me, to be on the red carpet is the best place in the world.” ~ Steven Cojocaru
- “I can’t promise to love someone for ever. I can’t imagine anyone could promise to love me for ever. I mean, it sounds like a lovely day, but I go to red carpet events all the time and I’m the centre of attention so it’s not like I’m looking for that!” ~ Kelly Brook
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“Since I have that edgy, rocker-tomboy kind of vibe, it can be very difficult to translate my style for the red carpet.” ~ Shenae Grimes
- “Faviana is a line that girls can feel super-glamorous in. A lot of their designs are kind of based off of what celebrities wear on the red carpet!” ~ Ashley Benson
- “I think it’s particularly fun not being a full-time showbiz reporter because you still have the ‘Oh, wow!’ factor when you go out on the red carpet and there are these big stars that are standing there. But if you’re doing this day in and day out, it becomes a little blase.” ~ Daryn Kagan
- “For many years I’ve been using Swarovski accessories when styling editorial photo shoots and also for red carpet appearances.” ~ George Kotsiopoulos
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“All of these red carpet events may seem natural for you journalists, but it doesn’t feel natural for actors.” ~ Toby Jones
- “When I’m away from a red carpet, I’m a big introvert, I’m very quiet, and I like to sit in silence at home with my cat, Nino, who is my whole world, or most of it.” ~ Kate McKinnon
- “Personally, I hate waiking the red carpet. You are expected to conform to every single expectation. People will say, “Try as hard as you can not to sweat on the red carpet.” Meanwhile you are super nervous, and there are tons of camera flashes, and people are screaming your name. It’s not fun – not for me, at least!” ~ America Ferrera
- “I was home-schooled and I graduated super-early. But I’ve always had older friends, so I got to go to all their dances. I got the best of both worlds. I had the choice to go to prom with a friend of mine and I decided not to because I was filming very close to that. But red carpets and the ‘G.B.F’ prom were so much better.” ~ Sasha Pieterse
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“I am old enough to know that a red carpet is just a rug.” ~ Al Gore
- “On the red carpet, I can be different women with every event and change my style and that’s funny because at the end of the day, that’s my work as an actress.” ~ Alessandra Mastronardi
- “I’m not comfortable walking on a red carpet. I think a lot of people actually love that part of it. I’ll never be a “look at me” guy. It’s not in my DNA and I struggle in those situations. What gives me anxiety is knowing I have to be honest with people, and as much as people say they want honesty, the minute you give it to them, they don’t want it. Sometimes I can tell I’m being baited for a certain answer and that’s not the answer I give and I can tell it upsets them.” ~ Kip Moore
- “Ahh, Otunga. I hope you keep depending on your wife. I hope she keeps making movies because while she’s walking the red carpet, you’re gonna be walking the unemployment line.” ~ Edge
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“If I get married one day, or meet the girl I like, I’ll prepare 100m to 150m of candles, or maybe red carpet” ~ Lee Donghae
- “I used to get tons of letters that said, “I’ll never get to wear you,” or “I’ll never get married in one of your dresses,” or “I’ll never have an evening gown like the one I saw on the red carpet.” I thought that was sad, because you give your life to this and you end up reaching very few people. So that was a major goal for me – to be able to reach and encourage more women, to encourage them to express themselves and be what they want to be.” ~ Vera Wang
- “I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.” ~ Jesse Tyler Ferguson
- “I’ve been doing my own makeup for red carpet events for years, but it wasn’t until I met my business partner Divya Gugnani a few years ago that I realized I could actually turn my passion for beauty into a makeup line. We’re the opposite of an artistry brand. We’re for the everyday women who is very busy and only has 5 minutes in the morning to get ready. So, that’s our goal, to really keep you beautiful and gorgeous on the go.” ~ Lindsay Ellingson
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“I’m tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game – the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.” ~ Drea de Matteo
- “My struggle now is with these red carpets. It is still really hard to get people to design for me. It’s frustrating because you feel like you’re the minority. You feel this pull of what it means to be “sample size” and you’re not that and most designers don’t have anything that fits. It’s so important to continuously put billboards where people see curvy women and know that we are here and we deserve to be designed for. We deserve to spend our money on expensive stuff if we want.” ~ Danielle Brooks
- “I live my life outside of the glitz and glamour of the red carpet events, and so you’ll never see me there. I’m never at parties.” ~ Werner Herzog
- “Because I worked in fashion, I know that I like fashion. Haute couture is a form of art that I can appreciate. I’m definitely not someone who wakes up every day and thinks about what I’m going to wear, but on the red carpet, it’s reflective of the mood I’m in, or the movie I’m going to represent.” ~ Diane Kruger
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“There are lots of people who are red-carpet types, but that’s not me.” ~ Megyn Kelly
- “But if an actress asks me my opinion, I would tell her there are a million different designers who make faux fur. If you like that look, wear faux fur. If you’re doing it on the red carpet, you’re doing it for how it looks. Faux fur and real fur look the same on camera.” ~ AnnaLynne McCord
- “I’m not comfortable with walking the red carpet in a tuxedo and seeing all the women with their boobs pushed up and all the men dressed as penguins – particularly when the subject of your film is the nature of violence and humanity.” ~ William Hurt
- “When I’m on a red carpet I want somebody to feel something when they look at what I’m wearing, when they look at the entire ensemble, whether it be nostalgia or excitement, you know?” ~ Zendaya
- “There’s this whole sexy thing that happens to women when we walk the red carpet, and it’s all okay! At home, I am so many other things! I am just a girl dreaming. I am emotional and goofy.” ~ Zulay Henao
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“There’s nothing worse than seeing someone chewing gum on the red carpet!” ~ Shay Mitchell
- “We kind of write pop songs, but we don’t fit in the pop world. We’re really bad at being pop stars and walking down red carpets. We’ve got our own little bubble, which we really like. We’ve learned to really like that.” ~ Katie White
- “At home I wear my own clothes, no makeup and don’t do anything exciting with my hair. I get to borrow pretty dresses for the red carpet, and have experts do my hair and makeup.” ~ Gugu Mbatha-Raw
- “I wish I could have a clone to do all the stuff that I don’t like doing, like the red carpet stuff.” ~ V V Brown
