People walk up to me and say, 'You're not as big as you are on telly, are you?' Well, I don't know. How big's your fucking television?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker aggressively questions people who compare him to his TV image.
- In plain terms
- He asks how big their TV actually is.
- What can you take from it?
- Media distorts our sense of size.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does media change you?
- Why do fans expect reality to match TV?
Another view
It avoids acknowledging physical scaling in media.
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